-arium
English
Etymology
Suffix
-arium
Usage notes
Derived terms
Translations
a place associated with a specified thing
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a device associated with a specified function
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Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Suffix
-arium
Derived terms
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈaː.ri.um/, [ˈäːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.ri.um/, [ˈäːrium]
Etymology 1
Neuter substantive of -ārius.
Suffix
-ārium n (genitive -āriī or -ārī); second declension
- Used to form nouns denoting a "place where things are kept" from other nouns.
Usage notes
- -ārium of purpose: All usages of the -ārium suffix are properly neuter substantivisations for adjectives derived in -ārius from existing substantives. In most cases, the relationship between the two nouns is `place where;' this usage has been productive in all periods of Classical and post-Classical Latin. In addition, the same suffix has continued to be used to designate novel items according to their purposes. This class constitute approximately a quarter of commonly used -ārium suffixations. Adjectives in -ārius are generally formed from numerals or nouns.
- sūdor (“sweat”) → sūdarius (“sweaty”)[1] → sūdārium (“handkerchief”)
- mīlle (“thousand”) → milliārius (“relating to miles or thousands”) → milliārium (“milepost”)
- album (“the colour white”) → albārius (“relating to whitening walls”) → albārium (“stucco”)
- -ārium by analogy: three commonly used nouns have been formed by analogy from adjectives or verbs:
- viridārium (“hunting preserve”, from viridis)
- inventārium (“inventory”, from inveniō)
- caldārium (“hottest room in a Roman bath”, from caldus)
- -ārium for re-substantivation: four commonly used nouns are re-substantivated versions of cognate nouns formed directly from the adjectives in -ārium: pampinārium (“vine tendril”), alveārium (“beehive”), cellārium (“pantry, cellar”), and fustuārium (“death by cudgeling”). With the exception of cellārium, which was first attested in the fourth century, the remaining words were likely coined prior to the first millennium.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | -ārium | -āria |
Genitive | -āriī -ārī1 |
-āriōrum |
Dative | -āriō | -āriīs |
Accusative | -ārium | -āria |
Ablative | -āriō | -āriīs |
Vocative | -ārium | -āria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- English: -arium
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Suffix
- genitive feminine/masculine/neuter plural of -āris
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of -ārius
References
- ^ Martial XI.xxxix
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