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English
Etymology
From Latin -ōrium, -tōrium.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-orium (plural -oriums or -oria)
- forming nouns denoting a place for a particular function.
1933 July 9, Ellis Parker Butler, “Enough Is Sufficient”, in Los Angeles Times, volume LII, page 6, columns 2–3:“It’s a pickle jar,” said Alice. “It’s one of the new kind called a pickelorium.”
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
From rebracketing of -tōrium or alteration of -ārium, perhaps also influenced in some cases by the abstract noun suffix -or (as in sūdōrium, a medieval alternative form of sūdārium, from sūdor).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ōrium n (genitive -ōriī); second declension (Medieval Latin)
- Suffix forming nouns, usually denoting places or objects
- lavō (“to wash, bathe”) → lavōrium (“washroom, wash basin”) (also lavārium)
- servō (“to preserve, reserve”) → servōrium (“fish pond, fish tank”) (also servārium, servātōrium)
- ferveō (“to boil”) and fervor (“boiling heat”) → fervōrium (“cauldron”)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).