altarium

Latin

Etymology

Found in post-Classical and later Latin, as a singular of the Classical altāria, the plural of altāre (which was mostly used as the plural). Ultimately a derivative of altus (fed), given the notion that altars were where sacrificial fires were "fed" by offerings.[1] See also other forms altar and altāre.

Noun

altārium n (genitive altāriī or altārī); second declension

  1. (high) altar

Declension

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Descendants

  • Albanian: ilter
  • Dalmatian: altur
  • Galician: outeiro
  • Portuguese: outeiro
  • Romanian: altar
  • Spanish: otero
  • Proto-West Germanic: *altārī (see there for further descendants)

Noun

altārium

  1. genitive plural of altar

References

  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “adoleō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 24-25

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