carenum

English

Alternative forms

• carene (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin carēnum or caroenum, from Ancient Greek κάροινον (károinon), q.v.

Noun

carenum (uncountable)

1. (historical cooking) A reduction of must or sweet wine produced by boiling it in large kettles until it was reduced by half or two-thirds in volume.

See also

• defrutum
• sapa

Latin

Alternative forms

• caroenum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κάροινον (károinon).

Noun

carēnum n (genitive carēnī); second declension

1. A reduction of must in Ancient Roman cuisine, made by boiling down grape juice or must in large kettles until reduced to two thirds of the original volume.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	carēnum	carēna
Genitive	carēnī	carēnōrum
Dative	carēnō	carēnīs
Accusative	carēnum	carēna
Ablative	carēnō	carēnīs
Vocative	carēnum	carēna

Descendants

• → English: carenum, carene (learned)
• → Old English: ċiern, ċæren, ċeren, ċyren; ċaerin; coerin

References

• “carenum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• carenum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)