columnarium
Latin
Etymology
columna (“pillar”) + -ārium
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ko.lumˈnaː.ri.um/, [kɔɫ̪ʊmˈnäːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ko.lumˈna.ri.um/, [kɔlumˈnäːrium]
Noun
columnārium n (genitive columnāriī or columnārī); second declension
- a tax on pillars in buildings
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | columnārium | columnāria |
| Genitive | columnāriī columnārī1 | columnāriōrum |
| Dative | columnāriō | columnāriīs |
| Accusative | columnārium | columnāria |
| Ablative | columnāriō | columnāriīs |
| Vocative | columnārium | columnāria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- columnarium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- columnarium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers