alvarium

Latin

Etymology

alvus (“belly; beehive”) +‎ -ārium.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /alˈu̯aː.ri.um/, [äɫ̪ˈu̯äːriʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /alˈva.ri.um/, [älˈväːrium]

Noun

alvārium n (genitive alvāriī or alvārī); second declension

A beehive.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	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).

Synonyms

(beehive): alveārium, alveus, alvus

Related terms

Adjective

alvārium

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

References

“alvarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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