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Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From avis (“bird”) + -ārium (“place for”).
Noun
aviārium n (genitive aviāriī or aviārī); second declension
- aviary; a place where birds are kept
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
aviārium
- inflection of aviārius:
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
- accusative masculine singular
Noun
aviārium
- accusative singular of aviārius (“a bird-keeper”)
References
- “aviarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aviarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aviarium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “aviarium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
aviarium n (definite singular aviariet, indefinite plural aviarier, definite plural aviaria or aviariene)
- an aviary
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
aviarium n (definite singular aviariet, indefinite plural aviarium, definite plural aviaria)
- an aviary