granarium

Latin

Etymology

From grānum (grain) +‎ -ārium.

Compare typologically Russian жи́тница (žítnica) (< жи́то (žíto)).

Pronunciation

Noun

grānārium n (genitive grānāriī or grānārī); second declension

  1. (chiefly in the plural) granary

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative grānārium grānāria
genitive grānāriī
grānārī1
grānāriōrum
dative grānāriō grānāriīs
accusative grānārium grānāria
ablative grānāriō grānāriīs
vocative grānārium grānāria

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

Descendants

  • Catalan: graner
  • English: granary, garner
  • French: grenier
  • Friulian: granâr
  • Galician: grandeiro, granheiro, graeiro
  • Italian: granaio
  • Occitan: granièr
  • Old French: guernier, grenier
  • Portuguese: granheiro, graeiro
  • Romanian: grânar
  • Spanish: granero

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