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English
Etymology
From Latin albārium (“white stucco”).
Noun
albarium
- (art) A form of lime, made by heating marble, used for stucco.
Latin
Etymology
From album (“the colour white”) + -ārium (of purpose), via albārius (“relating to whiteness”), shortening of albārium opus.
Pronunciation
Noun
albārium n (genitive albāriī or albārī); second declension
- white stucco, whitewash; a mortar of lime, gypsum, and river sand used to cover walls and make them white.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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Adjective
albārium
- inflection of albārius:
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
- accusative masculine singular
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