LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

vēlārium

vēlārium n (genitive vēlāriī or vēlārī)
Classical[weːˈɫaː.ri.ũː]Ecclesiastical[veˈlaː.ri.um]

Meaning

  1. awning
  2. covering (over a theatre)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevēlāriumvēlāria
genitivevēlāriī
vēlārī		vēlāriōrum
dativevēlāriōvēlāriīs
accusativevēlāriumvēlāria
ablativevēlāriōvēlāriīs
vocativevēlāriumvēlāria

vēlārĭum, ii, n. id.,
I. a covering, screen, awning, stretched above the theatre to keep off the sun, Juv. 4, 122.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weg-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wegslomder.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*weǵʰ-der.?
  4. Proto-Italic*wekslom
  5. Latinvēlārium

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārium Latin vēlārium From vēlum (“sail, curtain, awning”) + -ārium (“place for”).

Elsewhere
  • Englishvegharfrom Byzantine Greek βηλάριον
  • Englishvelarium
  • Frenchvélarium
  • Romanianvelariumfrom French vélarium
  • Italianvelario
  • Greekβηλάριfrom Byzantine Greek βηλάριον
  • Piedmontesevelari
Italo-Romance
  • Italianvelareglio

Quick answers

What does vēlārium mean in Latin?
vēlārium, a noun, means “awning; covering (over a theatre)”.
What is the genitive of vēlārium?
The genitive singular is vēlāriī. vēlārium is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce vēlārium?
In classical Latin, [weːˈɫaː.ri.ũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [veˈlaː.ri.um].
Where does vēlārium come from?
Proto-Indo-European *weg- → Proto-Indo-European *wegslomder.? → Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-der.? → Proto-Italic *wekslom → Latin vēlārium.