noun · neutersecond declension
glandium
glandium n (genitive glandiī or glandī)
Classical[ˈɡɫan.di.ũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈɡlan.di.um]
Meaning
- neutersome choice portion of pork meat
PIN. lectos sternite. GEL. Principium placet de lectis. PIN. Alii ligna caedite, alii piscis depurgate, quos piscatu rettuli,
PIN. (You) prepare the couches. GEL. I like the beginning about the couches. PIN. Others cut wood, others clean the fish I brought back from fishing, take down the ham and glandium. GEL. By Hercules, this man is exceedingly wise.c. 200 BCE, Plautus, Stichus 360Haec, quom ego a foro revortar, facite ut offendam parata, vorsa sparsa, tersa strata, lautaque unctaque omnia ut sint. Nam mi hodie natalis dies est, decet eum omnis vos concelebrare. Pernam callum glandium sumen facito in aqua iaceant. Satin audis?
c. 191 BCE, Plautus, Pseudolus 166
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | glandium | glandia |
| genitive | glandiī glandī | glandiōrum |
| dative | glandiō | glandiīs |
| accusative | glandium | glandia |
| ablative | glandiō | glandiīs |
| vocative | glandium | glandia |
glandĭum, ii, n. glans,
I. a delicate kernel or glandule in meat, esp. in pork, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 44; id. Capt. 4, 4, 7; id. Stich. 2, 2, 36; Plin. 8, 51, 77, § 209; 16, 38, 73, § 185.
Origins
From glāns.