alvarium
Latin
Etymology
alvus (“belly; beehive”) + -ārium.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aɫˈwaː.ri.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [alˈvaː.ri.um]
Noun
alvārium n (genitive alvāriī or alvārī); second declension
- A beehive.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | alvārium | alvāria |
| genitive | alvāriī alvārī1 |
alvāriōrum |
| dative | alvāriō | alvāriīs |
| accusative | alvārium | alvāria |
| ablative | alvāriō | alvāriīs |
| vocative | alvārium | alvāria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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Adjective
alvārium
- inflection of alvārius:
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
- accusative masculine singular
References
- “alvarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers