volaema pira

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

volaema pĭra,

a kind of large pear , warden-pear , Cato R. R. 7, 4; Col. 5, 10, 18; 12, 10, 4; Verg. G. 2, 88.—In sing.: pirum volaemum, Arat. ap. Macr. S. 2, 15 fin.