piracium

Latin

Etymology

From pirum.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /piˈraː.ki.um/, [pɪˈräːkiʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /piˈra.t͡ʃi.um/, [piˈräːt͡ʃium]

Noun

pirācium n (genitive pirāciī or pirācī); second declension

perry, pear cider

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pirācium	pirācia
Genitive	pirāciī pirācī¹	pirāciōrum
Dative	pirāciō	pirāciīs
Accusative	pirācium	pirācia
Ablative	pirāciō	pirāciīs
Vocative	pirācium	pirācia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

Sicilian: pirazzu

References

piracium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“piracium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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