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Dolium
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Do′li-um
,Noun.
[L. large jar.]
(Zool.)
A genus of large univalve mollusks, including the partridge shell and tun shells.
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dolium
dolium
English
Noun
dolium (plural dolia)
- (historical, archaeology) A large earthenware vessel used for the storage and transportation of goods in the ancient Western Mediterranean.
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Latin
Noun
dōlium n (genitive dōliī); second declension
- a large earthenware vessel; hogshead
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dōlium | dōlia |
| genitive | dōliī | dōliōrum |
| dative | dōliō | dōliīs |
| accusative | dōlium | dōlia |
| ablative | dōliō | dōliīs |
| vocative | dōlium | dōlia |
Derived terms
- doliolum
Descendants
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)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “dolium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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