LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

mortuārium

mortuārium n (genitive mortuāriī or mortuārī)
Classical[mɔr.tuˈaː.ri.ũː]Ecclesiastical[mor.tuˈaː.ri.um]

Meaning

  1. Medieval LatinA receptacle for the dead; mortuary.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemortuāriummortuāria
genitivemortuāriī
mortuārī		mortuāriōrum
dativemortuāriōmortuāriīs
accusativemortuāriummortuāria
ablativemortuāriōmortuāriīs
vocativemortuāriummortuāria

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mer-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*mr̥twós
  3. Proto-Italic*mortwos
  4. Latinmortuārium

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārium Latin mortuārium From mortuus (“corpse”) + -ārium (“place for”).

Descendants
  • Englishmortuary
  • Frenchmortuaire
  • Italianmortuario
  • Portuguesemortuário
  • Romanianmortuar
  • Dutchmortuarium
  • Old Frenchmortuarie

In English words that came into English from mortuārium

  • mortuarymortuārium

Quick answers

What does mortuārium mean in Latin?
mortuārium, a noun, means “A receptacle for the dead; mortuary.”.
What is the genitive of mortuārium?
The genitive singular is mortuāriī. mortuārium is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce mortuārium?
In classical Latin, [mɔr.tuˈaː.ri.ũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [mor.tuˈaː.ri.um].
Where does mortuārium come from?
Proto-Indo-European *mer- → Proto-Indo-European *mr̥twós → Proto-Italic *mortwos → Latin mortuārium.