rosarium

English

Etymology

From Latin rosārium. Doublet of rosary and Rosario.

Noun

rosarium (plural rosariums or rosaria)

1. 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 Latin) IPA^(key): /roˈsaː.ri.um/, [rɔˈs̠äːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /roˈsa.ri.um/, [roˈs̬äːrium]

Noun

rosārium n (genitive rosāriī or rosārī); second declension

1. a rose-garden
2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) a rosary

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	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: rusariu
  • → 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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016