ossuarium

English

Etymology

Latin ossuarium

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɒs.juˈɛəɹ.i.əm/

Noun

ossuarium (plural ossuariums or ossuaria)

1. A charnel house; an ossuary.
   • 1774, Horace Walpole, Description of the Villa of Mr. Horace Walpole

     A semicircular ossuarium

References

“ossuarium” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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Latin

Alternative forms

• ossārium

Etymology

From ossuārius (“of or for bones”), from ossua (“bones”) + -ārius, alternative form of os (“bone”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /os.suˈaː.ri.um/, [ɔs̠ːuˈäːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /os.suˈa.ri.um/, [osːuˈäːrium]

Noun

ossuārium n (genitive ossuāriī or ossuārī); second declension

1. A receptacle for the bones of the dead, charnel house, ossuary

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ossuārium	ossuāria
Genitive	ossuāriī ossuārī1	ossuāriōrum
Dative	ossuāriō	ossuāriīs
Accusative	ossuārium	ossuāria
Ablative	ossuāriō	ossuāriīs
Vocative	ossuārium	ossuāria

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

Related terms

• os
• osseus
• ossiculāris
• ossiculātim

• ossiculum
• ossifragus
• ossilāgō
• ossilegium

• ossilegus
• ossōsus
• ossuārius
• ossuōsus

Descendants

• English: ossuary
• French: ossuaire
• Portuguese: ossuário

References

• “ossuarium”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• ossuarium 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)
• ossuarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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Polish

ossuarium

Alternative forms

• ossarium

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ossuārium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔs.suˈa.rjum/

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• Rhymes: -arjum
• Syllabification: os‧su‧a‧rium

Noun

ossuarium n

1. ossuary

Declension

Declension of ossuarium

	singular	plural
nominative	ossuarium	ossuaria
genitive	ossuarium	ossuariów
dative	ossuarium	ossuariom
accusative	ossuarium	ossuaria
instrumental	ossuarium	ossuariami
locative	ossuarium	ossuariach
vocative	ossuarium	ossuaria

Further reading

• ossuarium in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ossuarium in Polish dictionaries at PWN