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Latin
Etymology
pirum (“a pear ”) + -ārius
Pronunciation
Noun
pirārius m (genitive pirāriī or pirārī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) a pear-tree
Declension
Second-declension noun.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Synonyms
- (a pear-tree): pirus (Classical Latin)
References
- pirarius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Jan Frederik Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus : Lexique Latin Médiéval–Français/Anglais : A Medieval Latin–French/English Dictionary, fascicle I (1976), page 798/1, “pirarius”