ossuarium

English

Etymology

From 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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Alternative forms

• ossārium

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔs.suˈaː.ri.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [os.suˈaː.ri.um]

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).

	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
• Romanian: osuar

References

• “ossuarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, 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

ossuarium

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ossuārium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔs.suˈa.rjum/

• Audio:

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

Noun

ossuarium n

1. ossuary (container, receptacle, or building, such as an urn or vault, for holding the bones of the dead)

   Synonyms: kostnica, ossarium

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