sanctuarium
Latin
Etymology
Possibly sanctus (“holy”) + -ārium (improperly for an adjective), via *sanctuārius, (relating to sanctity). But the u, which is unexpected for the second declension, makes this doubtful. The Late Latin noun sanctus post-dates sanctuārium by several centuries.
Noun
sānctuārium n (genitive sānctuāriī or sānctuārī); second declension
- prince's lockbox
- (Late Latin) shrine, sanctuary
- (Late Latin) relics of a saint; a case for such relics
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sānctuārium | sānctuāria |
| Genitive | sānctuāriī sānctuārī1 |
sānctuāriōrum |
| Dative | sānctuāriō | sānctuāriīs |
| Accusative | sānctuārium | sānctuāria |
| Ablative | sānctuāriō | sānctuāriīs |
| Vocative | sānctuārium | sānctuāria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- Catalan: santuari
- English: sanctuary
- French: sanctuaire
- Italian: santuario
- Old Galician-Portuguese: santuairo
- → Galician: santuario
- → Portuguese: santuário
- Piedmontese: santuari
- Polish: sanktuarium
- Romanian: sanctuar
- Spanish: santuario
References
- “sanctuarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sanctuarium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- sanctuarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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