suffix · neutersecond declension
-ōrium
-ōrium n (genitive -ōriī)
Classical[oː.ri.ũː]Ecclesiastical[o.ri.um]
Meaning
- Medieval Latinmorphemesuffix forming nouns, usually denoting places or objects
ferveō /fervor (“to boil / boiling heat”) + -ōrium → fervōrium (“cauldron”)
lavō (“to wash, to bathe”) + -ōrium → lavōrium /lavārium (“washroom, wash basin”)
Origins
Rebracketing of -tōrium; or an alteration of -ārium, perhaps also influenced in some cases by the abstract noun suffix -or (as in sūdōrium, a medieval alternative form of sūdārium, from sūdor).