librarium
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From liber (“book”) + -ārium (“place for”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /liˈbraː.ri.um/, [lʲɪˈbräːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /liˈbra.ri.um/, [liˈbräːrium]
Noun edit
librārium n (genitive librāriī or librārī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | librārium | librāria |
| Genitive | librāriī librārī1 |
librāriōrum |
| Dative | librāriō | librāriīs |
| Accusative | librārium | librāria |
| Ablative | librāriō | librāriīs |
| Vocative | librārium | librāria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Synonyms edit
- (bookcase): pluteus
- (library): bibliothēca
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- English: library
References edit
- “librarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- librarium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- librarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.