noun · neutersecond declension
sēminārium
sēminārium n (genitive sēmināriī or sēminārī)
Meaning
- seminary
- breeding ground
- plant nursery; arboretum
- nursery or daycare for children
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
locus sēminum alendōrumsēminārium -ī (n) — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 20
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sēminārium | sēmināria |
| genitive | sēmināriī sēminārī | sēmināriōrum |
| dative | sēmināriō | sēmināriīs |
| accusative | sēminārium | sēmināria |
| ablative | sēmināriō | sēmināriīs |
| vocative | sēminārium | sēmināria |
sēmĭnārĭum, ii, v. seminarius, II.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
sēminārium ī, n
semen, a nursery, seminary, hot-bed, school : rei p.: triumphorum: senatūs (equites), L.: ducum, Cu.
Origins
From sēmen (“seed”) + -ārium (“place for”), that is, a place for sowing the seeds of knowledge. Root cognate with Czech semeniště. Compare typologically Russian расса́дник (rassádnik).
Descendants
- Catalanseminari
- Englishseminary
- Frenchséminaire
- Romanianseminarfrom French séminaire
- GermanSeminar
- Italianseminario
- Portugueseseminário
- Spanishseminario
- Danishseminarium
- Afrikaansseminariefrom Dutch seminarie
In English words that came into English from sēminārium
- seminarysēminārium
- seminarsēminārium