collyra
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κολλύρα (kollúra).
Pronunciation
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔlˈlyː.ra]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kolˈliː.ra]
Noun
collȳra f (genitive collȳrae); first declension
- a kind of pastry of a round, elongated form
- pasta, maccaroni, vermicelli
- Furcīs collȳram edimus.
- We are eating pasta with forks.
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | collȳra | collȳrae |
| genitive | collȳrae | collȳrārum |
| dative | collȳrae | collȳrīs |
| accusative | collȳram | collȳrās |
| ablative | collȳrā | collȳrīs |
| vocative | collȳra | collȳrae |
Related terms
References
- “collyra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- collyra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.