albarium
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin albārium (“white stucco”).
Noun edit
albarium
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From album (“the colour white”) + -ārium (of purpose), via albārius (“relating to whiteness”), shortening of albārium opus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /alˈbaː.ri.um/, [äɫ̪ˈbäːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /alˈba.ri.um/, [älˈbäːrium]
Noun edit
albārium n (genitive albāriī or albārī); second declension
- white stucco, whitewash; a mortar of lime, gypsum, and river sand used to cover walls and make them white.
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | albārium | albāria |
| Genitive | albāriī albārī1 |
albāriōrum |
| Dative | albāriō | albāriīs |
| Accusative | albārium | albāria |
| Ablative | albāriō | albāriīs |
| Vocative | albārium | albāria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → English: albarium
Adjective edit
albārium
- inflection of albārius:
References edit
- albarium 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)