albarium

English

Etymology

From Latin albārium (“white stucco”).

Noun

albarium

1. (art) A form of lime, made by heating marble, used for stucco.

Latin

Etymology

From album (“the colour white”) +‎ -ārium (of purpose), via albārius (“relating to whiteness”), shortening of albārium opus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /alˈbaː.ri.um/, [äɫ̪ˈbäːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /alˈba.ri.um/, [älˈbäːrium]

Noun

albārium n (genitive albāriī or albārī); second declension

1. white stucco, whitewash; a mortar of lime, gypsum, and river sand used to cover walls and make them white.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	albārium	albāria
Genitive	albāriī albārī1	albāriōrum
Dative	albāriō	albāriīs
Accusative	albārium	albāria
Ablative	albāriō	albāriīs
Vocative	albārium	albāria

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

Related terms

• albāmentum
• albārius
• albātus
• albēdō
• albeō
• albēscō
• albicēris
• albicō
• albidus
• albitūdō
• albor
• albūgō
• albulus
• album
• albūmen
• alburnum
• albus

Descendants

• → English: albarium

Adjective

albārium

1. inflection of albārius:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

References

• albarium 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)