ossuarius

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /os.suˈaː.ri.us/, [ɔs̠ːuˈäːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /os.suˈa.ri.us/, [osːuˈäːrius]

Adjective

ossuārius (feminine ossuāria, neuter ossuārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of or for bones.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ossuārius	ossuāria	ossuārium		ossuāriī	ossuāriae	ossuāria
Genitive	ossuāriī	ossuāriae	ossuāriī		ossuāriōrum	ossuāriārum	ossuāriōrum
Dative	ossuāriō		ossuāriō		ossuāriīs
Accusative	ossuārium	ossuāriam	ossuārium		ossuāriōs	ossuāriās	ossuāria
Ablative	ossuāriō	ossuāriā	ossuāriō		ossuāriīs
Vocative	ossuārie	ossuāria	ossuārium		ossuāriī	ossuāriae	ossuāria

Derived terms

• ossuārium

Related terms

• os
• osseus
• ossiculāris
• ossiculātim

• ossiculum
• ossifragus
• ossilāgō
• ossilegium

• ossilegus
• ossōsus
• ossuōsus

References

• “ossuarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ossuarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.