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noun · neutersecond declension

horreum1

horreum n (genitive horreī)

Meaning

  1. neuterstorehouse
  2. neuterbarn, granary

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Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativehorreumhorrea
genitivehorreīhorreōrum
dativehorreōhorreīs
accusativehorreumhorrea
ablativehorreōhorreīs
vocativehorreumhorrea

horrĕum, i, n. cf.: farreum, farina,
I. a storehouse; esp. for preserving grain, a barn, granary, magazine (syn.: sirus, granarium, cumera): illi Capuam cellam atque horreum Campani agri esse voluerunt, Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 89: si proprio condidit horreo, Quicquid de Libycis verritur areis, Hor. C. 1, 1, 9; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 8, § 20; Caes. B. C. 3, 42, 4: illius immensae ruperunt horrea messes, Verg. G. 1, 49; cf. Tib. 2, 5, 84: si, quicquid arat impiger Appulus, Occultare meis dicerer horreis, Hor. C. 3, 16, 27.—For other things: parcis deripere horreo amphoram? Hor. C. 3, 28, 7; Dig. 18, 1, 76: argentum, quod in domo, vel intra horreum usibus ejus fuit, ib. 34, 2, 33; 10, 4, 5; Col. 12, 52, 3.—In fig.: nunc argumentum vobis demensum dabo, non modio neque tri modio, verum ipso horreo, Plaut. Men. prol. 15.—Poet., of a beehive, Verg. G. 4, 250; of ant-burrows, Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 39.

Origins

Pompeius Festus linked it in De Verborum with far (HORREUM: antiqui dicebant farreum a farre), yet there is no documental evidence of that outside his work. Modern etymologists link it to Latin hordeum (“barley”) and, thus, to Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰr̥sdeyom (“bristly”). Corriente derives from Egyptian mẖr (“store-house, granary”), Coptic ⲁϩⲟⲣ (ahor, “store-house, granary”), from which the same word was later borrowed into Romance via Arabic هُرْي (hury) of the same meaning.

Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanorri
  • Frenchsalorge
  • Occitanòrrifrom Old Occitan orri
Borrowings
  • Italianorreo
  • Portuguesehôrreofrom Old Galician-Portuguese orreo
  • Spanishhórreo
  • Ancient Greekὡρεῖον
  • Galicianhórreofrom Old Galician-Portuguese orreo
Insular Romance
  • Sardinianórriu
  • Gallureseòrriufrom Sardinian órriu
  • Sassareseòrriufrom Sardinian órriu
Italo-Romance
  • Italianorrio
  • Neapolitanório
  • Neapolitanúrrio
Ibero-Romance
  • Old Galician-Portugueseorrio
  • Asturianhorrufrom Old Leonese orrio
  • Asturianhorriufrom Old Leonese orrio
  • Old Spanishorrio

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesHorreumHorreum (ὡρεῖον, σιτοφυλακεῖον, ἀποθήκη) was, according to its etymological signification, a place in which ripe fruits, and especially corn, were kep…
proper noun · neutersecond declension
Horreum2
Horreum n sg (genitive Horreī)
Classical[ˈhɔr.re.ũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈɔr.re.um]

Meaning

  1. neutersingulara town of the Molossi in Epirus

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeHorreum—
genitiveHorreī—
dativeHorreō—
accusativeHorreum—
ablativeHorreō—
vocativeHorreum—
locativeHorreī—

Horrĕum, i, n.,
I. a city of Molossis in Epirus, of uncertain site, Liv. 45, 26, 10.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesHorreumHorreum (ὡρεῖον, σιτοφυλακεῖον, ἀποθήκη) was, according to its etymological signification, a place in which ripe fruits, and especially corn, were kep…

Quick answers

What does horreum mean in Latin?
horreum, a noun, means “storehouse; barn, granary”.
What is the genitive of horreum?
The genitive singular is horreī. horreum is neuter, second declension.