mortarium

English

Etymology

From Latin mortārium.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /mɔːˈtɛːɹɪəm/

Noun

mortarium (plural mortaria)

  1. (archaeology) A kind of mortar used by ancient Romans for grinding.

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“soft, weak, tender”). See Latin mollis.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /morˈtaː.ri.um/, [mɔrˈtaː.ri.ũ]

Noun

mortārium n (genitive mortāriī); second declension

  1. mortar (used with a pestle)
  2. large basin in which mortar (substance) is made

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mortārium mortāria
Genitive mortāriī mortāriōrum
Dative mortāriō mortāriīs
Accusative mortārium mortāria
Ablative mortāriō mortāriīs
Vocative mortārium mortāria

Descendants
  • Italian: mortaio
  • Occitan: mortièr
  • Portuguese: morteiro
  • Romanian: mortar, mortier
  • Sardinian: martaju, moltàgiu, murtàgliu, murtarju
  • Sicilian: murtaru
  • Spanish: mortero
  • Venetian: mortèr

References
  • mortarium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mortarium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mortarium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • mortarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • mortarium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mortarium in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • mortarium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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