LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

carnārium

carnārium n (genitive carnāriī or carnārī)

Meaning

  1. smoke chamber where meat is smoked
    Mox incincta quadrato pallio cucumam ingentem foco apposuit, simulque pannum de carnario detulit furca, in quo faba erat ad usum reposita et sincipitis vetustissima particula mille plagis dolata.After girthing herself with a rectangular apron she put a vast cauldron to the fire, and at the same time she put down a rag from the smoke chamber, in which beans were stored for use as well as a bit of a head-half cut with thousand strikes.c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 135.4
  2. meat rack, larder
  3. carnage, butchery
    Non est miscix. ferrum optimum daturus est, sine fuga, carnarium in medio, ut amphitheater videat.He is no flibbertigibbet, he will give the best fight, without flight, a carnage in the middle, so that the whole amphitheater will see it.c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 45.6

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecarnāriumcarnāria
genitivecarnāriī
carnārī
carnāriōrum
dativecarnāriōcarnāriīs
accusativecarnāriumcarnāria
ablativecarnāriōcarnāriīs
vocativecarnāriumcarnāria

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker(H)-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kér(H)ō
  3. Proto-Italic*karō
  4. Latincarnārium

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārium Latin carnārium From carō (“meat”) + -ārium (“place for”).

Gallo-Romance
  • Catalancarner
  • Frenchcharnierfrom Old French carnier
  • Italiancernierefrom Old French carnier
  • Englishcharnelfrom Old French carnier
  • Occitancarnierfrom Old Occitan carnier
  • Frenchcarnierfrom Old Occitan carnier
  • Italiancarnierefrom Old Occitan carnier
  • Middle Dutchcarnierfrom Old French carnier
Borrowings
  • GermanKarner
  • GermanKerner
Italo-Romance
  • Italiancarnaio
  • Neapolitancarnara
  • Siciliancarnara
  • Siciliancarnala
Insular Romance
  • Campidanesecarrazu
  • Campidanesecarraxu
  • Logudoresecarrarzu
  • Logudoresecarralzu
  • Nuoresecarrarju
  • Nuoresecarraju
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Romanshcarner
  • Romanshcarnel
  • Romanshcharnel
Gallo-Italic
  • Lombardcarnéfrom Old Lombard carnar
  • Lombardcarnèefrom Old Lombard carnar
  • Lombardcarnerfrom Old Lombard carnar

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Quick answers

What does carnārium mean in Latin?
carnārium, a noun, means “smoke chamber where meat is smoked; meat rack, larder; carnage, butchery”.
What is the genitive of carnārium?
The genitive singular is carnāriī. carnārium is neuter, second declension.
Where does carnārium come from?
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker(H)- → Proto-Indo-European *(s)kér(H)ō → Proto-Italic *karō → Latin carnārium.