calpar

== Latin == === Etymology === Probably cognate with Ancient Greek κάλπις (kálpis, “jug, urn”) and Breton kelorn (“bucket”). Further origin is uncertain. According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *kelp- (“cauldron, jar”), also compared to Welsh celwrn and the British placename Celurnum. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkaɫ.par] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkal.par] === Noun === calpar n (genitive calpāris); third declension A vessel for liquids, especially for wine A wine cask, a wine pitcher ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem). === References === “calpar”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “calpar”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.