English

Noun

carenum ‎(uncountable)

1. A reduction of must in Ancient Roman cuisine, made by boiling down grape juice or must in large kettles until reduced to two thirds of the original volume.

See also

• defrutum
• sapa

Latin

Noun

carēnum n ‎(genitive carēnī); second declension

1. A reduction of must in Ancient Roman cuisine, made by boiling down grape juice or must in large kettles until reduced to two thirds of the original volume.

Inflection

Second declension.

References

• carenum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• CARENUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)