piracium

Latin

Etymology

From pirum.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɪˈraː.ki.ũː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [piˈraː.t͡ʃi.um]

Noun

pirācium n (genitive pirāciī or pirācī); second declension

perry, pear cider

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	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