noun · neutersecond declension
mortārium
mortārium n (genitive mortāriī or mortārī)
Classical[mɔrˈtaː.ri.ũː]Ecclesiastical[morˈtaː.ri.um]
Meaning
- mortar (used with a pestle)
- large basin in which mortar (substance) is made
- mortar (mixture of lime, sand, and water)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mortārium mortāriolum | mortāria mortāriola |
| genitive | mortāriī mortārī, mortāriolī | mortāriōrum mortāriolōrum |
| dative | mortāriō mortāriolō | mortāriīs mortāriolīs |
| accusative | mortārium mortāriolum | mortāria mortāriola |
| ablative | mortāriō mortāriolō | mortāriīs mortāriolīs |
| vocative | mortārium mortāriolum | mortāria mortāriola |
mortārĭum, ii, n.,
I. a mortar (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug.).
I. Lit.:
mortarium, in quo teruntur quae solvenda sunt, Non. 543, 22; Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 17; Cato, R. R. 74: aerea, Plin. 33, 8, 41, § 123: plumbea, id. 34, 18, 50, § 168.—II. Transf.
A. A large basin or trough in which mortar is made, Vitr. 7, 3, 10; 8, 6, 14; Plin. 36, 23, 55, § 177.—Hence,
2. Mortar:
mortario caementum addatur, Vitr. 8, 7.—B. A hollow resembling a mortar, dug round a tree:
arbori mortarium statim faciunt, Pall. 4, 8, 1.—C. That which is triturated in a mortar, a drug:
et quae jam veteres sanant mortaria caecos, Juv. 7, 170.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
mortārium ī, n
MAL-, a mortar ; hence, something triturated, a drug : quae sanant mortaria caecos, Iu.
Origins
Uncertain. De Vaan suggests that the term could derive from Proto-Italic *morto-, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tó-, itself from a possible root *mer- (“to die”), whence also Latin morior.
Descendants
- Catalanmorter
- Italianmortaio
- Occitanmortièr
- Frenchmortierfrom Old French mortier
- Englishmortarfrom Old French mortier
- Portuguesemorteiro
- Romanianmortar
- Romanianmortier
- Sardinianmartaju
- Sardinianmoltàgiu