aviarium

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.u̯iˈaː.ri.um/, [äu̯iˈäːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.viˈa.ri.um/, [äviˈäːrium]

Etymology 1

From avis (“bird”) +‎ -ārium (“place for”).

Noun

aviārium n (genitive aviāriī or aviārī); second declension

1. aviary; a place where birds are kept
2. accusative singular of aviārius (a bird-keeper)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aviārium	aviāria
Genitive	aviāriī aviārī1	aviāriōrum
Dative	aviāriō	aviāriīs
Accusative	aviārium	aviāria
Ablative	aviāriō	aviāriīs
Vocative	aviārium	aviāria

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

Descendants

• English: aviary

Related terms

• aucella / avicella
• auceps
• aviārius
• avicula

• aviculārius
• avipēs
• avis

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) aviārium

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

References

• “aviarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aviarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aviarium 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)
• “aviarium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin