leporarius

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

lĕpŏrārĭus, a, um, adj. [lepus],

of or belonging to a hare, hare- : lageos (vitis) est, quae Latine leporaria dicitur: nam λαγὼς lepus, Serv. Verg. G. 2, 93.—Subst.: lĕpŏ-rārĭum , ii, n., a place where hares and other wild animals are kept; a preserve, warren, cover , Varr. R. R. 3, 3; 3, 12; Gell. 2, 20, 4.