sanctuarium
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Possibly sanctus (“holy”) + -ārium (improperly for an adjective), via *sanctuārius, (relating to sanctity). But the u, which is unexpected for the second declension, makes this doubtful. The Late Latin noun sanctus post-dates sanctuārium by several centuries.
Noun edit
sānctuārium n (genitive sānctuāriī or sānctuārī); second declension
- prince's lockbox
- (Late Latin) shrine, sanctuary
- (Late Latin) relics of a saint; a case for such relics
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | sānctuārium | sānctuāria |
Genitive | sānctuāriī sānctuārī1 |
sānctuāriōrum |
Dative | sānctuāriō | sānctuāriīs |
Accusative | sānctuārium | sānctuāria |
Ablative | sānctuāriō | sānctuāriīs |
Vocative | sānctuārium | sānctuāria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants edit
References edit
- “sanctuarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sanctuarium 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)
- sanctuarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.