mortarium
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin mortārium.
Pronunciation
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Noun
mortarium (plural mortaria)
- (archaeology) A kind of mortar used by ancient Romans for grinding.
Latin
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“soft, weak, tender”). See Latin mollis.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /morˈtaː.ri.um/, [mɔrˈt̪äːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /morˈta.ri.um/, [morˈt̪äːrium]
Noun
mortārium n (genitive mortāriī or mortārī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | mortārium | mortāria |
Genitive | mortāriī mortārī1 |
mortāriōrum |
Dative | mortāriō | mortāriīs |
Accusative | mortārium | mortāria |
Ablative | mortāriō | mortāriīs |
Vocative | mortārium | mortāria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
References
- “mortarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mortarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mortarium 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)
- mortarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “mortarium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mortarium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “mortarium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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