lararium
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
lararium (plural lararia)
- (historical) In an ancient Roman home, the part of the house set aside as a shrine or chapel for the household gods.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Larēs (“household gods”) + -ārium (“place for”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /laˈraː.ri.um/, [ɫ̪äˈräːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /laˈra.ri.um/, [läˈräːrium]
Noun edit
larārium n (genitive larāriī or larārī); second declension
- in a Roman home, the part of the house set aside as a shrine or chapel for the household gods.
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | larārium | larāria |
| Genitive | larāriī larārī1 |
larāriōrum |
| Dative | larāriō | larāriīs |
| Accusative | larārium | larāria |
| Ablative | larāriō | larāriīs |
| Vocative | larārium | larāria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms edit
References edit
- “lararium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lararium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “lararium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “lararium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin