oratorius

Latin

Etymology

From ōrō +‎ -tōrius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [oː.raːˈtoː.ri.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [o.raˈtɔː.ri.us]

Adjective

ōrātōrius (feminine ōrātōria, neuter ōrātōrium); first/second-declension adjective

1. oratorical

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ōrātōrius	ōrātōria	ōrātōrium		ōrātōriī	ōrātōriae	ōrātōria
genitive	ōrātōriī	ōrātōriae	ōrātōriī		ōrātōriōrum	ōrātōriārum	ōrātōriōrum
dative	ōrātōriō	ōrātōriae	ōrātōriō		ōrātōriīs
accusative	ōrātōrium	ōrātōriam	ōrātōrium		ōrātōriōs	ōrātōriās	ōrātōria
ablative	ōrātōriō	ōrātōriā	ōrātōriō		ōrātōriīs
vocative	ōrātōrie	ōrātōria	ōrātōrium		ōrātōriī	ōrātōriae	ōrātōria

Related terms

• ōrātor

Descendants

Descendants

• Anglo-Norman: oratorie
  • → Middle English: oratorie, oratorij, oratory, oratorye, oritore, oritorie, orratorye, ortorie, orytorie, orytorye
    • English: oratory
• Catalan: oratori
• → Dutch: oratorium
• French: oratoire
• → German: Oratorium
• Italian: oratorio
  • → English: oratorio
• Portuguese: oratório
• Romanian: oratoriu
• Spanish: oratorio

References

• “oratorius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “oratorius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “oratorius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.