electuarium

== Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ēlectuārium. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌeː.lɛk.tyˈaː.ri.ʏm/, /eːˌlɛk.tyˈaː.ri.ʏm/ Hyphenation: elec‧tu‧a‧ri‧um === Noun === electuarium n (plural electuaria, no diminutive) electuary (medicine mixed with honey or some kind of syrup) Synonym: likkepot == Latin == === Alternative forms === ēlectārium === Etymology === Probably a corruption of Ancient Greek ἐκλεικτόν (ekleiktón, “medicine that melts in the mouth, lozenge, jujube”), from ἐκλείχω (ekleíkhō, “to lick up”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [eː.ɫɛk.tuˈaː.ri.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.lek.tuˈaː.ri.um] === Noun === ēlectuārium n (genitive ēlectuāriī or ēlectuārī); second declension An electuary: a medicine mixed with honey or other sweetener to ease oral consumption. (Medieval Latin) Prescription medicine generally. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: electuari → Czech: lektvar (“potion”) → Dutch: electuarium → Dutch: likkepot (calque) → English: electuary (“medicine”) Italian: elettuario, lattovaro Old French: letuaire → French: électuaire (“medicine”), lectuaire → Middle High German: latwārje German: Latwerge → Slovak: lekvár (“marmalade”) → Hungarian: lekvár (“marmalade”) → English: lekvar → Spanish: electuario, letuario === See also === apothecary's Latin === References === “electuarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "electuarium", 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) “electuarium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.