alvearium

Latin

Etymology

From alveus (“hollow, belly, vessel, beehive”) +‎ -ārium (re-substantivation), via *alveārius (relating to hollows, etc.).

Noun

alveārium n (genitive alveāriī); second declension

  1. beehive
  2. apiary
  3. trough for kneading

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative alveārium alveāria
Genitive alveāriī alveāriōrum
Dative alveāriō alveāriīs
Accusative alveārium alveāria
Ablative alveāriō alveāriīs
Vocative alveārium alveāria

Synonyms

Descendants

References

alvearium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

  • alvearium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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