alvearium

Latin

Alternative forms

• alveāre

Etymology

From alveus (“hollow, belly, vessel, beehive”) +‎ -ārium (re-substantivation), via *alveārius (relating to hollows, etc.).

Noun

alveārium n (genitive alveāriī or alveārī); second declension

1. beehive

   Synonym: mellārium

   Holonym: apiārium

2. kneading trough

   Synonyms: fermentātōrium, magis

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	alveārium	alveāria
Genitive	alveāriī alveārī1	alveāriōrum
Dative	alveāriō	alveāriīs
Accusative	alveārium	alveāria
Ablative	alveāriō	alveāriīs
Vocative	alveārium	alveāria

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

Synonyms

• alvear

Descendants

• Dalmatian: alviar
• ⇒ Galician: alvariza
• Italian: alveare
• → Spanish: alveario

References

• “alvearium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• alvearium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.