LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

alveārium

alveārium n (genitive alveāriī or alveārī)

Meaning

  1. beehive
  2. kneading trough

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativealveārium
alvear		alveāria
genitivealveāriī
alveārī, alveāris		alveāriōrum
dativealveāriōalveāriīs
alveāribus
accusativealveārium
alvear		alveāria
ablativealveāriōalveāriīs
alveāribus
vocativealveārium
alvear		alveāria

alvĕārĭum, ii, n. (in Col. four times alveāre, is, n.) [alveus], a hollow vessel swelling out in the middle.—Hence,
I. A beehive: seu lento fuerint alvearia (four syl. per synaeresin) vimine texta, Verg. G. 4, 33; * Cic. Oecon. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 82 P.; Plin. 12, 20, 43, § 98.—
II. A beehouse, apiary: circum villam totam alvearium facere, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 12.—
III. A kneading-trough, Tert. adv. Val. 31.

Origins

From alveus (“hollow, belly, vessel, beehive”) + -ārium (re-substantivation), via *alveārius (relating to hollows, etc.).

Descendants
  • Italianalveare
  • Spanishalveario
  • Dalmatianalviar
  • Galicianalvariza

In English words that came into English from alveārium

  • alvearyalveārium

Quick answers

What does alveārium mean in Latin?
alveārium, a noun, means “beehive; kneading trough”.
What is the genitive of alveārium?
The genitive singular is alveāriī. alveārium is neuter, second declension.