alvarium
Latin
editEtymology
editalvus (“belly; beehive”) + -ārium.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /alˈu̯aː.ri.um/, [äɫ̪ˈu̯äːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /alˈva.ri.um/, [älˈväːrium]
Noun
editalvārium n (genitive alvāriī or alvārī); second declension
- A beehive.
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | alvārium | alvāria |
Genitive | alvāriī alvārī1 |
alvāriōrum |
Dative | alvāriō | alvāriīs |
Accusative | alvārium | alvāria |
Ablative | alvāriō | alvāriīs |
Vocative | alvārium | alvāria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Synonyms
editRelated terms
editAdjective
editalvārium
- inflection of alvārius:
References
edit- “alvarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers