English

Noun

glirarium ‎(plural gliraria)

1. A terracotta pot used in Roman times to breed dormice for consumption as food

Latin

Etymology

From glis ‎(“dormouse”) +‎ -ārium ‎(“place for”).

Noun

glīrārium n ‎(genitive glīrāriī); second declension

1. a glirarium, a terracotta pot used for breeding dormice for eating.

Inflection

Second declension.

References

• glirarium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “glirarium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.