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).

Case	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

(deprecated template usage) alvārium

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

References

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