clavarium
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From clāvus (“nail”) + -ārium (of purpose), via *clāvārius (relating to nails).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /klaːˈu̯aː.ri.um/, [kɫ̪äːˈu̯äːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /klaˈva.ri.um/, [kläˈväːrium]
Noun edit
clāvārium n (genitive clāvāriī or clāvārī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | clāvārium | clāvāria |
| Genitive | clāvāriī clāvārī1 |
clāvāriōrum |
| Dative | clāvāriō | clāvāriīs |
| Accusative | clāvārium | clāvāria |
| Ablative | clāvāriō | clāvāriīs |
| Vocative | clāvārium | clāvāria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms edit
References edit
- “clavarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “clavarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- clavarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “clavarium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “clavarium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin