propitiatorium

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pro.pi.ti.aːˈtoː.ri.um/, [prɔpɪt̪iäːˈt̪oːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pro.pit.t͡si.aˈto.ri.um/, [propit̪ː͡s̪iäˈt̪ɔːrium]

Etymology 1

Neuter substantive of propitiātōrius.

Noun

propitiātōrium n (genitive propitiātōriī or propitiātōrī); second declension

1. (Ecclesiastical Latin):
   1. a means of reconciliation, an atonement, propitiation
   2. a place of atonement

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	propitiātōrium	propitiātōria
Genitive	propitiātōriī propitiātōrī1	propitiātōriōrum
Dative	propitiātōriō	propitiātōriīs
Accusative	propitiātōrium	propitiātōria
Ablative	propitiātōriō	propitiātōriīs
Vocative	propitiātōrium	propitiātōria

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

Descendants

• English: propitiatory

Etymology 2

Declined forms of propitiātōrius.

Adjective

propitiātōrium

1. inflection of propitiātōrius:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

References

• propitiatorium 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)