fumarium

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fūmārium.

Pronunciation

Noun

fumarium (plural fumaria)

  1. (historical) A smoke chamber used in Ancient Rome to enhance the flavor of wine.

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Latin

Etymology 1

fūmus (smoke) + -ārium (place)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /fuːˈmaː.ri.um/, [fuːˈmaː.ri.ũ]

Noun

fūmārium n (genitive fūmāriī or fūmārī); second declension

  1. a fumarium (smoke chamber used for maturing wine)
  2. a chimney (vent for smoke)
Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fūmārium fūmāria
Genitive fūmāriī
fūmārī1
fūmāriōrum
Dative fūmāriō fūmāriīs
Accusative fūmārium fūmāria
Ablative fūmāriō fūmāriīs
Vocative fūmārium fūmāria

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

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Etymology 2

Variant spelling.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /fuˈmaː.ri.um/, [fʊˈmaː.ri.ũ]

Noun

fumārium n (genitive fumāriī); second declension

  1. Alternative spelling of fimārium
Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fumārium fumāria
Genitive fumāriī fumāriōrum
Dative fumāriō fumāriīs
Accusative fumārium fumāria
Ablative fumāriō fumāriīs
Vocative fumārium fumāria

References

  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “2. fumarium”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 456/2
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