cochlearium

== English == === Etymology === Latin === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌkɒkliˈɛəɹi.əm/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌkɑkliˈɛɹi.əm/, /ˌkoʊ.kliˈ-/ Rhymes: -ɛəɹiəm === Noun === cochlearium (plural cochlearia) In Ancient Rome, a small spoon with a long tapering handle. == Latin == === Alternative forms === cocleārium === Etymology === From cochlear, from cochlea. === Noun === cochleārium n (genitive cochleāriī or cochleārī); second declension snailery, snail-pen, enclosure for edible snails spoon, spoonful ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). === References === "cochlearium", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “cochlearium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.