lararium

English

Etymology

From Latin larārium.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ləˈɹɛəɹi.əm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ləˈɹɛɹi.əm/
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹiəm

Noun

lararium (plural lararia)

1. (historical) In an ancient Roman home, the part of the house set aside as a shrine or chapel for the household gods.

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin Larēs

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -ārius

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Italic *-om

Latin -um

Latin -ārium

Latin larārium

From Larēs (“household gods”) + -ārium (“place for”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɫaˈraː.ri.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [laˈraː.ri.um]

Noun

larārium n (genitive larāriī or larārī); second declension

1. in a Roman home, the part of the house set aside as a shrine or chapel for the household gods.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	larārium	larāria
genitive	larāriī larārī1	larāriōrum
dative	larāriō	larāriīs
accusative	larārium	larāria
ablative	larāriō	larāriīs
vocative	larārium	larāria

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

Related terms

• lār
• larālia
• Larēs

References

• “lararium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lararium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “lararium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “lararium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin