LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

alvārium

alvārium n (genitive alvāriī or alvārī)
Classical[aɫˈwaː.ri.ũː]Ecclesiastical[alˈvaː.ri.um]

Meaning

  1. A beehive.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativealvāriumalvāria
genitivealvāriī
alvārī
alvāriōrum
dativealvāriōalvāriīs
accusativealvāriumalvāria
ablativealvāriōalvāriīs
vocativealvāriumalvāria

Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.

alvārium or alveārium ī, n
a beehive: lento alvearia (quadrisyl.) vimine texta, V.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlósder. Proto-Italic *aulos? Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der. Proto-Indo-European *-wósder. Proto-Italic *alwos? Latin alvus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārium Latin alvārium From alvus (“belly; beehive”) + -ārium.

Quick answers

What does alvārium mean in Latin?
alvārium, a noun, means “A beehive.”.
What is the genitive of alvārium?
The genitive singular is alvāriī. alvārium is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce alvārium?
In classical Latin, [aɫˈwaː.ri.ũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [alˈvaː.ri.um].