carenum
English
Alternative forms
- carene (obsolete)
Etymology
From Latin carēnum or caroenum, from Ancient Greek κάροινον (károinon), q.v.
Noun
carenum (uncountable)
- (historical cooking) A reduction of must or sweet wine produced by boiling it in large kettles until it was reduced by half or two-thirds in volume.
See also
Latin
Alternative forms
- caroenum
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κάροινον (károinon).
Noun
carēnum n (genitive carēnī); second declension
- A reduction of must in Ancient Roman cuisine, made by boiling down grape juice or must in large kettles until reduced to two thirds of the original volume.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | carēnum | carēna |
| genitive | carēnī | carēnōrum |
| dative | carēnō | carēnīs |
| accusative | carēnum | carēna |
| ablative | carēnō | carēnīs |
| vocative | carēnum | carēna |
Descendants
- → English: carenum, carene (learned)
- → Italian: careno
- → Old English: ċiern, ċæren, ċeren, ċyren, ċaerin — early, coerin — early
References
- “carenum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "carenum", 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)