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Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From pirus (“pear-tree”) + -ārium (of place).
Noun
pirārium n (genitive pirāriī or pirārī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) an orchard for pear-trees
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- Jan Frederik Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus : Lexique Latin Médiéval–Français/Anglais : A Medieval Latin–French/English Dictionary, fascicle I (1976), page 798/1, “pirarium”
Etymology 2
A regularly declined form of pirārius.
Noun
pirārium
- accusative singular of pirārius