altarium

== Latin == === Etymology === Found in post-Classical and later Latin, as a singular of the Classical altāria, the plural of altāre (which was mostly used as the plural). Ultimately a derivative of altus (“fed”), given the notion that altars were where sacrificial fires were "fed" by offerings. See also other forms altar and altāre. === Noun === altārium n (genitive altāriī or altārī); second declension (high) altar ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Descendants ==== === Noun === altārium genitive plural of altar === References === === Further reading === “altarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "altarium", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “altarium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.