elaterium

== English == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɪəɹiəm === Noun === elaterium (uncountable) Synonym of elaterin. === References === “elaterium”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλατήριον (elatḗrion). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛ.ɫaˈteː.ri.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.laˈtɛː.ri.um] === Noun === elatērium n (genitive elatēriī or elatērī); second declension (medicine) a medicine prepared from the juice of the squirting cucumber (New Latin) squirting cucumber Synonyms: cucumis silvāticus, cucumis agrestis, notion ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Descendants ==== → Translingual: Elaterium === References === “elaterium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “elaterium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.