albarium

English

Etymology

From Latin albārium (white stucco).

Noun

albarium

  1. (art) A form of lime, made by heating marble, used for stucco.

Latin

Etymology

From album (the colour white) + -ārium (of purpose), via albārius (relating to whiteness), shortening of albārium opus.

Pronunciation

Noun

albārium n (genitive albāriī or albārī); second declension

  1. white stucco, whitewash; a mortar of lime, gypsum, and river sand used to cover walls and make them white.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative albārium albāria
Genitive albāriī
albārī1
albāriōrum
Dative albāriō albāriīs
Accusative albārium albāria
Ablative albāriō albāriīs
Vocative albārium albāria

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

  • English: albarium

Adjective

albārium

  1. inflection of albārius:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    2. accusative masculine singular

References

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