fumarium

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fūmārium.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: fyo͞omârʹĭəm, IPA^(key): /fjuːˈmɛəɹɪəm/

Noun

fumarium (plural fumaria)

1. (history) A smoke chamber used in Ancient Rome to enhance the flavor of wine.

Translations

Ancient Roman smoke chamber used for maturing wine

• Latin: fūmārium n

Further reading

• Fumarium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology 1

fūmus (“smoke”) +‎ -ārium (“place”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fuːˈmaː.ri.um/, [fuːˈmäːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fuˈma.ri.um/, [fuˈmäːrium]

Noun

fūmārium n (genitive fūmāriī or fūmārī); second declension

1. a fumarium (smoke chamber used for maturing wine)
2. a chimney (vent for smoke)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fūmārium	fūmāria
Genitive	fūmāriī fūmārī1	fūmāriōrum
Dative	fūmāriō	fūmāriīs
Accusative	fūmārium	fūmāria
Ablative	fūmāriō	fūmāriīs
Vocative	fūmārium	fūmāria

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• fūmāriolum

Descendants

• English: fumarium
• Galician: fumeiro

References

• “fūmārĭum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Fumarium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• fūmārĭum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 694/1.
• “fūmārium” on page 745/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “1. fumarium”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 456/2

Etymology 2

Variant spelling.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fuˈmaː.ri.um/, [fʊˈmäːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fuˈma.ri.um/, [fuˈmäːrium]

Noun

fumārium n (genitive fumāriī or fumārī); second declension

1. Alternative spelling of fimārium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fumārium	fumāria
Genitive	fumāriī fumārī1	fumāriōrum
Dative	fumāriō	fumāriīs
Accusative	fumārium	fumāria
Ablative	fumāriō	fumāriīs
Vocative	fumārium	fumāria

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “2. fumarium”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 456/2