ossuarium

English

Etymology

Latin ossuarium

Noun

ossuarium (plural ossuariums or ossuaria)

  1. A charnel house; an ossuary.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ossuarium in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ossuārius (“of or for bones”), from ossua (“bones”) + -ārius, alternative form of os (“bone”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /os.suˈaː.ri.um/, [ɔs.sʊˈaː.ri.ũ]

Noun

ossuārium n (genitive ossuāriī); second declension

  1. A receptacle for the bones of the dead, charnel house, ossuary

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ossuārium ossuāria
Genitive ossuāriī ossuāriōrum
Dative ossuāriō ossuāriīs
Accusative ossuārium ossuāria
Ablative ossuāriō ossuāriīs
Vocative ossuārium ossuāria

Descendants

References

Polish
ossuarium

Noun

ossuarium n

  1. ossuary

Declension
declension of ossuarium
singular plural
nominative ossuarium ossuaria
genitive ossuarium ossuariów
dative ossuarium ossuariom
accusative ossuarium ossuaria
instrumental ossuarium ossuariami
locative ossuarium ossuariach
vocative ossuarium ossuaria
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