mazonomum

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαζονόμον (mazonómon) or its alternative form, μαζονόμος (mazonómos), from μᾶζα (mâza, “barley-cake”) +‎ νόμος (nómos), noun from νέμω (némō, “to distribute, serve out”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /maːzˈzo.no.mum/, [mäːz̪ˈd̪͡z̪ɔnɔmʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /madˈd͡zo.no.mum/, [mäd̪ˈd̪͡z̪ɔːnomum]

Noun

māzonomum n (genitive māzonomī); second declension

1. dish, platter
   • 116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, Agricultural Topics 3.4.3:

     […] ut in eodem tecto ornithonis inclusum triclinium haberet, ubi delicate cenitaret et alios videret in mazonomo positos coctos, alios volitare circum fenestras captos.

     […] he contrived a dining room under the same roof as his aviary in order that he might feast delicately, satisfying two senses, one by eating the birds cooked and spread on a platter, the other by seeing them fly around the windows.

   • Nemesianus, Versus de Aucupio 17:

     Saepe ego nutantem sub iniquo pondere vidi mazonomi puerum […] cum prandia

     I have often seen a slave swaying beneath the unfair weight of a huge dish of such dainties

Declension

The nominative singular is not attested; some dictionaries give other forms such as māzonomus and māzonomon.

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	māzonomum	māzonoma
Genitive	māzonomī	māzonomōrum
Dative	māzonomō	māzonomīs
Accusative	māzonomum	māzonoma
Ablative	māzonomō	māzonomīs
Vocative	māzonomum	māzonoma

References

• “māzŏnŏmus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “māzonomus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mazonomum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.