collyra

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek κολλύρα (kollúra).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Classical) IPA(key): /kolˈlyː.ra/, [kɔlˈlʲyːrä]

Noun[edit]

collȳra f (genitive collȳrae); first declension

  1. a kind of pastry of a round, elongated form
  2. pasta, maccaroni, vermicelli
    Furcīs collȳram edimus.
    We are eating pasta with forks.

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative collȳra collȳrae
Genitive collȳrae collȳrārum
Dative collȳrae collȳrīs
Accusative collȳram collȳrās
Ablative collȳrā collȳrīs
Vocative collȳra collȳrae

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • collyra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • collyra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.