rosarium
English
Etymology
From Latin rosārium. Doublet of rosary and Rosario.
Noun
rosarium (plural rosariums or rosaria)
- A rose-garden. [from 19th c.]
Latin
Etymology
From rosa (“rose”) + -ārium (“place for, object for”). In the “rosary” sense, from metaphorical use of rosa to mean a prayer or devotion.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /roˈsaː.ri.um/, [rɔˈs̠äːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /roˈsa.ri.um/, [roˈs̬äːrium]
Noun
rosārium n (genitive rosāriī or rosārī); second declension
- a rose-garden
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) a rosary
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | rosārium | rosāria |
| Genitive | rosāriī rosārī1 | rosāriōrum |
| Dative | rosāriō | rosāriīs |
| Accusative | rosārium | rosāria |
| Ablative | rosāriō | rosāriīs |
| Vocative | rosārium | rosāria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms
- rosa
- rosārius
Descendants
- → Catalan: rosari
- → English: rosary
- → Esperanto: rozario
- → French: rosaire
- → Galician: rosario
- → Italian: rosario, Rosario
- → Portuguese: rosário
- → Japanese: ロザリオ (rozario)
- → Malay: rosario
- Indonesian: rosario
- → Romanian: rozariu
- → Russian: розарий (rozarij)
- → Sicilian: rusariu, Rusariu, Saru
- → Spanish: rosario
- → Bikol Central: rosaryo
- → Cebuano: rosaryo
- > Chavacano: rosario (inherited)
- → Hiligaynon: rosaryo
- → Ilocano: rosario
- → Kapampangan: rosaryu
- → Pangasinan: rosario
- → Pochutec: luxalyuʹ
- → Tagalog: rosaryo
- → Spanish: Rosario
- → Cebuano: Rosario
- → English: Rosario
- → Tagalog: Rosario
References
- “rosarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- rosarium 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)
- rosarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- rosarium in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016