LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

dormītōrium

dormītōrium n (genitive dormītōriī or dormītōrī)

Meaning

  1. a sleeping-room, dormitory

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedormītōriumdormītōria
genitivedormītōriī
dormītōrī
dormītōriōrum
dativedormītōriōdormītōriīs
accusativedormītōriumdormītōria
ablativedormītōriōdormītōriīs
vocativedormītōriumdormītōria

Origins

Substantive of dormītōrius (“of or for sleeping”), from the verb dormīre (“to sleep”).

Descendants
  • Frenchdortoirfrom Old French dortour
  • Englishdorterfrom Old French dortour
  • Englishdortoirfrom Old French dortour
  • Englishdortourfrom Old French dortour
  • Romaniandormitor
  • Spanishdormidero
  • Frenchdormitoire
  • Italiandormitorio
  • Englishdormitoryfrom Middle English dormitory
  • Portuguesedormitório

In English words that came into English from dormītōrium

  • dormitorydormītōrium
  • dorterdormītōrium

Quick answers

What does dormītōrium mean in Latin?
dormītōrium, a noun, means “a sleeping-room, dormitory”.
What is the genitive of dormītōrium?
The genitive singular is dormītōriī. dormītōrium is neuter, second declension.