ossuarium
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ossuarium (plural ossuariums or ossuaria)
- A charnel house; an ossuary.
- 1774, Horace Walpole, Description of the Villa of Mr. Horace Walpole
- A semicircular ossuarium
- 1774, Horace Walpole, Description of the Villa of Mr. Horace Walpole
References[edit]
“ossuarium” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ossuārius (“of or for bones”), from ossua (“bones”) + -ārius, alternative form of os (“bone”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /os.suˈaː.ri.um/, [ɔs̠ːuˈäːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /os.suˈa.ri.um/, [osːuˈäːrium]
Noun[edit]
ossuārium n (genitive ossuāriī or ossuārī); second declension
- A receptacle for the bones of the dead, charnel house, ossuary
Declension[edit]
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).
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References[edit]
- “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
Polish[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin ossuārium.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ossuarium n
Declension[edit]
Declension of ossuarium
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