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English
Etymology
Latin ossārium
Noun
ossarium (plural ossaria)
- An ossuary.
Latin
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
ossārium n (genitive ossāriī or ossārī); second declension
- Alternative form of ossuārium ("ossuary").
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
References
- “ossarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ossarium 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)
- ossarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “ossarium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ossārium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔsˈsa.rjum/
- Rhymes: -arjum
- Syllabification: os‧sa‧rium
Noun
ossarium n
- Alternative form of ossuarium
Declension
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