dolium

English

Etymology

From Latin dōlium.

Noun

dolium (plural dolia)

  1. (historical, archaeology) A large earthenware vessel used for the storage and transportation of goods in the ancient Western Mediterranean.

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Latin

Etymology

Noun

dōlium n (genitive dōliī or dōlī); second declension

  1. a large earthenware vessel, hogshead, cask

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dōlium dōlia
Genitive dōliī
dōlī1
dōliōrum
Dative dōliō dōliīs
Accusative dōlium dōlia
Ablative dōliō dōliīs
Vocative dōlium dōlia

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

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References

  • dolium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dolium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dolium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • dolium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • dolium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dolium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959), “del-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 194-195
  2. Brown, John Pairman (1995) Israel and Hellas (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft; 231), volume I, Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, page 145
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