-arium

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Suffix 1.2.1 Usage notes 1.2.2 Derived terms 2 Latin 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Suffix 2.2.1 Inflection 2.2.2 Related terms 2.2.3 Descendants

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin -ārium.

[edit] Suffix

-arium

1. A place associated with a specified thing.
2. A device associated with a specified function.

[edit] Usage notes

• elements such as barium and samarium have the -ium suffix.

[edit] Derived terms

aquarium armamentarium calvarium cinerarium columbarium fusarium

herbarium honorarium insectarium leprosarium oceanarium planetarium

polyzoarium sacrarium sanitarium septarium serpentarium solarium

termitarium terrarium velarium vitellarium vivarium zoarium

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈ-aː.ri.um/

[edit] Suffix

-ārium n (genitive -āriī); second declension

1. Used to form nouns denoting an place where things are kept from other nouns.

   armārium (“‘closet, chest’”) < arma (“‘weapons, tools’”)

   sōlārium (“‘sundial, house-top’”) < sōl (“‘sun’”)

[edit] Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	-ārium	-āria
genitive	-āriī	-āriōrum
dative	-āriō	-āriīs
accusative	-ārium	-āria
ablative	-āriō	-āriīs
vocative	-ārium	-āria

[edit] Related terms

• -ārius

[edit] Descendants

• English: -arium