LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

glandium

glandium n (genitive glandiī or glandī)
Classical[ˈɡɫan.di.ũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈɡlan.di.um]

Meaning

  1. 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 360
    Haec, 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

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeglandiumglandia
genitiveglandiī
glandī
glandiōrum
dativeglandiōglandiīs
accusativeglandiumglandia
ablativeglandiōglandiīs
vocativeglandiumglandia

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.

Quick answers

What does glandium mean in Latin?
glandium, a noun, means “some choice portion of pork meat”.
What is the genitive of glandium?
The genitive singular is glandiī. glandium is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce glandium?
In classical Latin, [ˈɡɫan.di.ũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈɡlan.di.um].