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/

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• Hyphenation: mor‧tu‧a‧ri‧um

Noun

mortuarium n (plural mortuariums or mortuaria, diminutive mortuariumpje n)

1. a mortuary, a morgue

Synonyms

• lijkenhuis

Latin

Etymology

mortuus (“corpse”) +‎ -ārium (“place for”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mor.tuˈaː.ri.um/, [mɔrt̪uˈäːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mor.tuˈa.ri.um/, [mort̪uˈäːrium]

Noun

mortuārium n (genitive mortuāriī or mortuārī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) A receptacle for the dead; mortuary.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	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
• French: mortuaire
• Italian: mortuario
• Old French: mortuarie
• Portuguese: mortuário
• Romanian: mortuar

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)