altarium
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Found in post-Classical and later Latin, as a singular of the Classical altāria, the plural of altāre (which was mostly used as the plural). Ultimately a derivative of altus (“fed”), given the notion that altars were where sacrificial fires were "fed" by offerings.[1] See also other forms altar and altāre.
Noun edit
altārium n (genitive altāriī or altārī); second declension
- (high) altar
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | altārium | altāria |
| Genitive | altāriī altārī1 |
altāriōrum |
| Dative | altāriō | altāriīs |
| Accusative | altārium | altāria |
| Ablative | altāriō | altāriīs |
| Vocative | altārium | altāria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants edit
- Albanian: ilter
- Dalmatian: altur
- Galician: outeiro
- Portuguese: outeiro
- Romanian: altar
- Spanish: otero
- → Proto-West Germanic: *altārī (see there for further descendants)
Noun edit
altārium
References edit
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “adoleō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 24-25
Further reading edit
- “altarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- altarium 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)
- altarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.