alvarium
Latin edit
Etymology edit
alvus (“belly; beehive”) + -ārium.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /alˈu̯aː.ri.um/, [äɫ̪ˈu̯äːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /alˈva.ri.um/, [älˈväːrium]
Noun edit
alvārium n (genitive alvāriī or alvārī); second declension
- A beehive.
Declension edit
Second-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 edit
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Adjective edit
alvārium
- inflection of alvārius:
References edit
- “alvarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers