salutatorium

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin salūtātōrium, neuter of salūtātōrius.

Noun

salutatorium (plural salutatoria)

1. A porch or room in a monastery or church serving as a meeting or almsgiving place for monks or priests and the laity.

References

• “salutatorium”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “salutatorium”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sa.luː.taːˈtoː.ri.um/, [s̠äɫ̪uːt̪äːˈt̪oːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sa.lu.taˈto.ri.um/, [sälut̪äˈt̪ɔːrium]

Etymology 1

From salūtātōrius, from salūtō (“greet”) +‎ -tōrius.

Noun

salūtātōrium n (genitive salūtātōriī or salūtātōrī); second declension

1. audience-chamber
2. the vocative

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	salūtātōrium	salūtātōria
genitive	salūtātōriī salūtātōrī1	salūtātōriōrum
dative	salūtātōriō	salūtātōriīs
accusative	salūtātōrium	salūtātōria
ablative	salūtātōriō	salūtātōriīs
vocative	salūtātōrium	salūtātōria

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

Etymology 2

Inflected form of salūtātōrius.

Adjective

salūtātōrium

1. inflection of salūtātōrius:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

References

• salutatorium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• "salutatorium", 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)