LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

tentōrium

tentōrium n (genitive tentōriī or tentōrī)
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. tent

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

domus mīlitis in castrīs, ex pelle facta.
tentōrium -ī n — in Mille Verba, Bellum et Arma

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativetentōriumtentōria
genitivetentōriī
tentōrī		tentōriōrum
dativetentōriōtentōriīs
accusativetentōriumtentōria
ablativetentōriōtentōriīs
vocativetentōriumtentōria

tentōrĭum, ii, n. tendo; prop. something stretched out,
I. a tent (syn. tabernaculum), Hirt. B. G. 8, 5; Suet. Aug. 96; id. Tib. 18 med.; Verg. A. 1, 469; Ov. F. 3, 527; id. M. 8, 43; 13, 249; Luc. 1, 396; 6, 270; 9, 912.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ten-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tend-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*téndeti
  4. Proto-Italic*tendō
  5. Latintentōrium

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -tōrius Latin -tōrium Latin tentōrium From tendō (“to stretch out, to spread out”) + -tōrium (suffix forming nouns denoting places or instruments).

In English words that came into English from tentōrium

  • tentoriumtentōrium

Quick answers

What does tentōrium mean in Latin?
tentōrium, a noun, means “tent”.
What is the genitive of tentōrium?
The genitive singular is tentōriī. tentōrium is neuter, second declension.
Where does tentōrium come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ten- → Proto-Indo-European *tend- → Proto-Indo-European *téndeti → Proto-Italic *tendō → Latin tentōrium.