cochlearium

English

Etymology

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Noun

cochlearium (plural cochlearia)

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

Latin

Alternative forms

• cocleārium

Etymology

From cochlear, from cochlea.

Noun

cochleārium n (genitive cochleāriī or cochleārī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	cochleārium	cochleāria
genitive	cochleāriī cochleārī1	cochleāriōrum
dative	cochleāriō	cochleāriīs
accusative	cochleārium	cochleāria
ablative	cochleāriō	cochleāriīs
vocative	cochleārium	cochleāria

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

References

• "cochlearium", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, 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.