erneum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === herneum === Etymology === Unknown. Perhaps related to hirnea (“jug”). It may also be connected with Pre-Samnite ιρνενι(α) (irneni(a)), although the linguist Matteo Calabrese doubts this connection. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɛr.ne.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛr.ne.um] === Noun === erneum n (genitive erneī); second declension A cake baked in an earthen pot ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). === References === “erneum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “erneum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.