lararium

Latin

Etymology

From Larēs (“household gods”) +‎ -ārium (“place for”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /laˈraː.ri.um/, [ɫaˈraː.ri.ũ]
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Noun

larārium n (genitive larāriī); second declension

  1. in a Roman home, the part of the house set aside as a shrine or chapel for the household gods.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative larārium larāria
Genitive larāriī larāriōrum
Dative larāriō larāriīs
Accusative larārium larāria
Ablative larāriō larāriīs
Vocative larārium larāria

References
  • lararium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lararium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • lararium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lararium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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