orarium

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English

Noun

orarium (plural oraria)

  1. (religion) A collection of private devotions.

Latin

Etymology

From ōs (“mouth”) +‎ -ārium (of purpose). Compare sūdārium.

Pronunciation

Noun

ōrārium n (genitive ōrāriī or ōrārī); second declension

  1. (Late Latin) a napkin

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative ōrārium ōrāria
genitive ōrāriī
ōrārī1 		ōrāriōrum
dative ōrāriō ōrāriīs
accusative ōrārium ōrāria
ablative ōrāriō ōrāriīs
vocative ōrārium ōrāria

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

References

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