aestuarium

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Latin

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Etymology

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From aestus (tide) +‎ -ārium (place for).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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aestuārium n (genitive aestuāriī or aestuārī); second declension

  1. tidal marsh or opening
  2. creek
  3. estuary of a river
  4. air shaft of a mine

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aestuārium aestuāria
Genitive aestuāriī
aestuārī1
aestuāriōrum
Dative aestuāriō aestuāriīs
Accusative aestuārium aestuāria
Ablative aestuāriō aestuāriīs
Vocative aestuārium aestuāria

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

Descendants

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References

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  • aestuarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • aestuarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • aestuarium 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)
  • aestuarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.