mortuarium
Dutch
Etymology
From Medieval Latin mortuārium (“receptacle for the dead; mortuary”), neuter form of mortuārius (“of or pertaining to the dead”), from Latin mortuus, perfect passive participle of morior (“I die”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌmɔr.tyˈaː.ri.ʏm/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: mor‧tu‧a‧ri‧um
Noun
mortuarium n (plural mortuariums or mortuaria, diminutive mortuariumpje n)
- A mortuary, a morgue.
Synonyms
- lijkenhuis
Latin
Etymology
mortuus (“corpse”) + -ārium (“place for”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /mor.tuˈaː.ri.um/, [mɔrt̪uˈäːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mor.tuˈa.ri.um/, [mort̪uˈäːrium]
Noun
mortuārium n (genitive mortuāriī or mortuārī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) A receptacle for the dead; mortuary.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mortuārium | mortuāria |
| Genitive | mortuāriī mortuārī1 | mortuāriōrum |
| Dative | mortuāriō | mortuāriīs |
| Accusative | mortuārium | mortuāria |
| Ablative | mortuāriō | mortuāriīs |
| Vocative | mortuārium | mortuāria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms
- morior
- mortuālia
- mortuārius
- mortuōsus
- mortuus
Descendants
- Dutch: mortuarium
- English: mortuary
- Italian: mortuario
- Old French: mortuarie
- Portuguese: mortuário
References
- mortuarium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)