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Garum
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Ga′rum
(gā′rŭm)
, Noun.
 [L., fr. Gr. 
γάρος
.] A sauce made of small fish. It was prized by the ancients. 
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garum
garum
English
Noun
garum (plural garums)
- A fish sauce popular in Ancient Rome.
Derived terms
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
- garum, a popular fish sauce.
Declension
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural | 
|---|---|---|
| nominative | garum | gara | 
| genitive | garī | garōrum | 
| dative | garō | garīs | 
| accusative | garum | gara | 
| ablative | garō | garīs | 
| vocative | garum | gara | 
See also
Descendants
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