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fūmārium n (genitive fūmāriī または fūmārī); second declension
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fūmārium | fūmāria |
| genitive | fūmāriī fūmārī1 |
fūmāriōrum |
| dative | fūmāriō | fūmāriīs |
| accusative | fūmārium | fūmāria |
| ablative | fūmāriō | fūmāriīs |
| vocative | fūmārium | fūmāria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Variant spelling.
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出典:『Wikipedia』 (2010/02/20 01:43 UTC 版)
A Fumarium was a smoke chamber used in Ancient Rome to enhance the flavor of wine through artificially "aging" the wine. Amphorae were placed in the chamber, which was built on top of a heated hearth, in order to impart a smoky flavor in the wine that also seemed to sharpen the acidity. The wine would sometimes come out of the fumarium with a paler color. In his book Vintage: The Story of Wine, Hugh Johnson noted that Pliny the Elder and Columella did not recommend that "first-growth wines" like Falernian, Caecuban, and Alban be smoked.