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ossuarium

English edit

Etymology edit

Latin ossuarium

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˌɒs.juˈɛəɹ.i.əm/

Noun edit

ossuarium (plural ossuariums or ossuaria)

  1. A charnel house; an ossuary.
    • 1774, Horace Walpole, Description of the Villa of Mr. Horace Walpole:
      A semicircular ossuarium

References edit

“ossuarium”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From ossuārius (“of or for bones”), from ossua (“bones”) + -ārius, alternative form of os (“bone”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ossuārium n (genitive ossuāriī or ossuārī); second declension

  1. A receptacle for the bones of the dead, charnel house, ossuary

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ossuārium ossuāria
Genitive ossuāriī
ossuārī1 		ossuāriōrum
Dative ossuāriō ossuāriīs
Accusative ossuārium ossuāria
Ablative ossuāriō ossuāriīs
Vocative ossuārium ossuāria

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • English: ossuary
  • French: ossuaire
  • Portuguese: ossuário
  • Romanian: osuar

References edit

Polish edit

 
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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ossuarium

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin ossuārium.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɔs.suˈa.rjum/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -arjum
  • Syllabification: os‧su‧a‧rium

Noun edit

ossuarium n

  1. ossuary

Declension edit

Declension of ossuarium
singular plural
nominative ossuarium ossuaria
genitive ossuarium ossuariów
dative ossuarium ossuariom
accusative ossuarium ossuaria
instrumental ossuarium ossuariami
locative ossuarium ossuariach
vocative ossuarium ossuaria

Further reading edit

  • ossuarium in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ossuarium in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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