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Latin
Etymology
From dōnum (“gift”) + -ārium (“place for”).
Noun
dōnārium n (genitive dōnāriī or dōnārī); second declension
- The part of a temple where votive offerings were made
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “donarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “donarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- donarium 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)
- donarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- donarium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016