cochlearium

Latin

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒkliˈɛəɹi.əm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑkliˈɛɹi.əm/, /ˌkoʊ.kliˈ-/
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹiəm

cochlearium (plural cochlearia)

1. In Ancient Rome, a small spoon with a long tapering handle.

• cocleārium

From cochlear, from cochlea.

cochleārium n (genitive cochleāriī or cochleārī); second declension

1. snailery, snail-pen, enclosure for edible snails
2. spoon, spoonful

Second-declension noun (neuter).

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

• "cochlearium", 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)
• cochlearium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.