alvearium

== Latin == === Alternative forms === alveāre === Etymology === From alveus (“hollow, belly, vessel, beehive”) +‎ -ārium (re-substantivation), via *alveārius (relating to hollows, etc.). === Noun === alveārium n (genitive alveāriī or alveārī); second declension beehive Synonym: mellārium Holonym: apiārium kneading trough Synonyms: fermentātōrium, magis ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Synonyms ==== alvear ==== Descendants ==== Dalmatian: alviar ⇒ Galician: alvariza Italian: alveare → Spanish: alveario ==== References ==== “alvearium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “alvearium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.