alvarium

Latin

Etymology

alvus (“belly; beehive”) +‎ -ārium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /alˈu̯aː.ri.um/, [äɫ̪ˈu̯äːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /alˈva.ri.um/, [älˈväːrium]

Noun

alvārium n (genitive alvāriī or alvārī); second declension

1. A beehive.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter)

	singular	plural
nominative	alvārium	alvāria
genitive	alvāriī alvārī1	alvāriōrum
dative	alvāriō	alvāriīs
accusative	alvārium	alvāria
ablative	alvāriō	alvāriīs
vocative	alvārium	alvāria

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

Synonyms

• (beehive): alveārium, alveus, alvus

Related terms

• alveārium
• alveātus
• alveolātus
• alveolus
• alveus
• alvus

Adjective

alvārium

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

References

• “alvarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers