English

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Etymology

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From Latin rosārium. Doublet of rosary and Rosario.

Noun

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rosarium (plural rosariums or rosaria)

  1. A rose-garden. [from 19th c.]

Latin

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Etymology

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From rosa (rose) +‎ -ārium (place for, object for). In the “rosary” sense, from metaphorical use of rosa to mean a prayer or devotion.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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rosārium n (genitive rosāriī or rosārī); second declension

  1. a rose-garden
  2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) a rosary

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rosārium rosāria
Genitive rosāriī
rosārī1
rosāriōrum
Dative rosāriō rosāriīs
Accusative rosārium rosāria
Ablative rosāriō rosāriīs
Vocative rosārium rosāria

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

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Descendants

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References

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  • rosarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • rosarium 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)
  • rosarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • rosarium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016