English

Noun

cochlearium ‎(plural cochlearia)

1. In Ancient Rome, a small spoon with a long tapering handle.

Latin

Etymology

From cochlear, from cochlea.

Noun

cochlearium

1. snailery, snail-pen, enclosure for edible snails
2. spoon, spoonful

Descendants

• Esperanto: kulero
  • Ido: kuliero
• Italian: cucchiaio
• Old French: cuiller, cuilliere
  • French: cuiller, cuillère
• Occitan: culhièr
• Sicilian: cucchiara
• Spanish: cuchara
• Venetian: cuciàro

References

• COCHLEARIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)