atrium
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.tɹi.əm/
- Hyphenation: a‧tri‧um
Noun
atrium (plural atria or atriums)
- (architecture) A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings.
- (architecture) A square hall lit by daylight from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.
- (anatomy) A cavity, entrance, or passage.
- an atrium of the infundibula of the lungs
- (biology) Any enclosed sexine and nexine layers, widening toward the interior of the grain.
Synonyms
- (room in Roman homes): cavaedium
Meronyms
- (chamber of the heart): left atrium, right atrium
Holonyms
- (chamber of the heart): heart
Derived terms
- atrial
- atriate
Translations
central room in Roman homes
square hall lit from above
body cavity
one of two upper chambers of the heart
Finnish
Declension
Inflection of atrium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | atrium | atriumit | |
genitive | atriumin | atriumien | |
partitive | atriumia | atriumeja | |
illative | atriumiin | atriumeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | atrium | atriumit | |
accusative | nom. | atrium | atriumit |
gen. | atriumin | ||
genitive | atriumin | atriumien | |
partitive | atriumia | atriumeja | |
inessive | atriumissa | atriumeissa | |
elative | atriumista | atriumeista | |
illative | atriumiin | atriumeihin | |
adessive | atriumilla | atriumeilla | |
ablative | atriumilta | atriumeilta | |
allative | atriumille | atriumeille | |
essive | atriumina | atriumeina | |
translative | atriumiksi | atriumeiksi | |
instructive | — | atriumein | |
abessive | atriumitta | atriumeitta | |
comitative | — | atriumeineen |
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.tʁi.jɔm/
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈaː.tri.um/, [ˈaː.tri.ũ]
Audio (Classical) (file)
Noun
ātrium n (genitive ātriī); second declension
Declension
Second declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ātrium | ātria |
Genitive | ātriī ātrī1 |
ātriōrum |
Dative | ātriō | ātriīs |
Accusative | ātrium | ātria |
Ablative | ātriō | ātriīs |
Vocative | ātrium | ātria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
See also
References
- ātrĭum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- atrium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- atrium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- ātrĭum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 182/3
- atrium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- atrium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- “ātrium” on page 199 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “atrium”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 67
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