lararium

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin larārium.

Noun

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lararium (plural lararia)

  1. (historical) In an ancient Roman home, the part of the house set aside as a shrine or chapel for the household gods.

Latin

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Etymology

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From Larēs (household gods) +‎ -ārium (place for).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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larārium n (genitive larāriī or larārī); second declension

  1. in a Roman home, the part of the house set aside as a shrine or chapel for the household gods.

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative larārium larāria
Genitive larāriī
larārī1
larāriōrum
Dative larāriō larāriīs
Accusative larārium larāria
Ablative larāriō larāriīs
Vocative larārium larāria

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

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References

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  • lararium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lararium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • lararium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lararium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin