bicarium

Latin

Alternative forms

pīcārium

Etymology

Probably after Ancient Greek *βικάριον (*bikárion), diminutive of Ancient Greek βῖκος (bîkos, “vase”).[1] The historical relation with the somewhat synonymous bacarium [2] (from bacriō with alternative form bacariō [3] or from bacar?) is unclear.

Noun

bīcārium (n declension, second)

(Late Latin) drinking glass

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bicarium	bicaria
Genitive	bicariī bicarī¹	bicariōrum
Dative	bicariō	bicariīs
Accusative	bicarium	bicaria
Ablative	bicariō	bicariīs
Vocative	bicarium	bicaria

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

Italian: bicchiere
Old French: bichier, pichier
- French: pichet
- Norman: pichet
- → Middle English: picher
  - English: pitcher
  - Scots: pichar
Ladin: bicer
Venetian: bicer, bicere, bicèr, bicér
→ Proto-West Germanic: *bikārī (see there for further descendants)

References

bicarium 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)

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia (1897), entry beaker, p. 487.
bacarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
bacario in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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[1] The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia (1897), entry beaker, p. 487.

[2] rium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

[3] rio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.