propitiatorium

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [prɔ.pɪ.ti.aːˈtoː.ri.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pro.pit.t͡si.aˈtɔː.ri.um]

Etymology 1

Neuter substantive of propitiātōrius.

Noun

propitiātōrium n (genitive propitiātōriī or propitiātōrī); second declension

1. (Ecclesiastical Latin):
   1. a means of reconciliation, an atonement, propitiation
   2. a place of atonement

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	propitiātōrium	propitiātōria
genitive	propitiātōriī propitiātōrī1	propitiātōriōrum
dative	propitiātōriō	propitiātōriīs
accusative	propitiātōrium	propitiātōria
ablative	propitiātōriō	propitiātōriīs
vocative	propitiātōrium	propitiātōria

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

Descendants

• English: propitiatory

Etymology 2

Declined forms of propitiātōrius.

Adjective

propitiātōrium

1. inflection of propitiātōrius:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

References

• "propitiatorium", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)