albarium

English

Etymology

From Latin albārium (“white stucco”).

Noun

albarium

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

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) 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

(deprecated template usage) albārium

1. nominative neuter singular of albārius
2. accusative masculine singular of albārius
3. accusative neuter singular of albārius
4. vocative neuter singular of albārius

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)