LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

aestuārium

aestuārium n (genitive aestuāriī or aestuārī)
Classical[ae̯s.tuˈaː.ri.ũː]Ecclesiastical[es.tuˈaː.ri.um]

Meaning

  1. tidal marsh or opening
  2. creek
  3. estuary of a river
  4. air shaft of a mine

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

brāchium maris iēns rediēns
aestuārium -ī (n) — in Epistulae, ch. 6

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeaestuāriumaestuāria
genitiveaestuāriī
aestuārī		aestuāriōrum
dativeaestuāriōaestuāriīs
accusativeaestuāriumaestuāria
ablativeaestuāriōaestuāriīs
vocativeaestuāriumaestuāria

aestŭārĭum, i, n. aestus.
I. A part of the sea-coast which, during the flood-tide, is overflowed, but at the ebb-tide is left covered with mud or slime, a marsh, ἀνάχυσις: aestuaria sunt omnia, quā mare vicissim tum accedit, tum recedit, Gloss. ap. Fest. p. 380 Müll.: pedestria esse itinera concisa aestuariis, Caes. B. G. 3, 9: adfunditur autem aestuarium e mari flexuoso meatu, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 3; Plin. Ep. 9, 23.— Also,
II. A channel extending inland from the sea, and only filled with water at floodtide, a creek, inlet, Varr. R. R. 3, 17: in aestuaria ac paludes, Caes. B. G. 2, 28 Herz.; Tac. A. 2, 8; cf. id. Agr. 22.—
III. In mining t. t., an air-hole, air-shaft: secundum puteum dextra ac sinistra fodiunt aestuaria, Plin. 31, 3, 28, § 49; cf. Vitr. 8, 7; Pall. 9, 9.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ-der. Proto-Italic *aissus Latin aestus Latin -ārium Latin aestuārium From aestus (“tide”) + -ārium (“place for”).

Descendants
  • Catalanestuari
  • Frenchétierfrom Old French estier
  • GermanÄstuar
  • Italianestuario
  • Portugueseesteiro
  • Portugueseestuário
  • Spanishestero
  • Spanishestuario
  • Englishestuary
  • Galicianesteiro

In English words that came into English from aestuārium

  • estuaryaestuārium

Quick answers

What does aestuārium mean in Latin?
aestuārium, a noun, means “tidal marsh or opening; creek; estuary of a river”.
What is the genitive of aestuārium?
The genitive singular is aestuāriī. aestuārium is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce aestuārium?
In classical Latin, [ae̯s.tuˈaː.ri.ũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [es.tuˈaː.ri.um].