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sanctuarium
sanctuarium
Latin
Noun
sanctuārium n (genitive sanctuāriī); second declension
- prince's lockbox
- (Late Latin) shrine, sanctuary
- (Late Latin) relics of a saint; a case for such relics
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sanctuārium | sanctuāria |
| genitive | sanctuāriī | sanctuāriōrum |
| dative | sanctuāriō | sanctuāriīs |
| accusative | sanctuārium | sanctuāria |
| ablative | sanctuāriō | sanctuāriīs |
| vocative | sanctuārium | sanctuāria |
Descendants
- English: sanctuary
- Italian: santuario
- Old Portuguese: santuairo
- Portuguese: santuário (Borrowing)
- Spanish: santuario
References
- sanctuarium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- SANCTUARIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sanctuarium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.