altarium
Latin
Etymology
Found in post-Classical and later Latin, as a singular of the Classical altaria, the plural of altāre (which was mostly used as the plural). Ultimately from adolere, probably influenced by altus. See also other forms altār and altāre.
Noun
altārium n (genitive altāriī or altārī); second declension
- (high) altar
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | altārium | altāria |
| Genitive | altāriī altārī1 |
altāriōrum |
| Dative | altāriō | altāriīs |
| Accusative | altārium | altāria |
| Ablative | altāriō | altāriīs |
| Vocative | altārium | altāria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
Noun
(deprecated template usage) altārium
References
- “altarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- altarium 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)
- altarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.