English

Noun

garum ‎(plural garums)

1. A fish sauce popular in Ancient Rome.

Derived terms

• hydrogarum
• oenogarum

Translations

Latin

Alternative forms

• garon

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γάρον ‎(gáron, “the fish whose intestines were originally used in the condiment's production”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.rum/, [ˈɡa.rũ]

Noun

garum n ‎(genitive garī); second declension

1. garum, a popular fish sauce.

Declension

Second declension.

See also

• liquāmen

Descendants

• English: garum
• Portuguese: garo

References

• garum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• garum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• GARUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “garum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• garum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers