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Atrium
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A′tri-um
,Noun.
pl.
Atria
. [L., the fore court of a Roman house.]
1.
(Arch.)
(a)
A square hall lighted from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.
(b)
An open court with a porch or gallery around three or more sides; especially at the entrance of a basilica or other church. The name was extended in the Middle Ages to the open churchyard or cemetery.
2.
(Anat.)
The main part of either auricle of the heart as distinct from the auricular appendix. Also, the whole articular portion of the heart.
3.
(Zool.)
A cavity in ascidians into which the intestine and generative ducts open, and which also receives the water from the gills. See
Ascidioidea
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Atrium
Atrium
German
Atrium
Noun
Atrium n (genitive Atriums, plural Atrien)
- atrium (square hall)
- Atriumhaus (building)
Declension
atrium
atrium
English
A library atrium.
Noun
atrium (plural atria or atriums)
- (architecture) A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings.
- (architecture) A square hall lit by daylight from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.
- (anatomy) A cavity, entrance, or passage.
- an atrium of the infundibula of the lungs
- (biology) Any enclosed sexine and nexine layers, widening toward the interior of the grain.
Synonyms
- (room in Roman homes): cavaedium
Translations
central room in Roman homes
square hall lit from above
body cavity
chamber of the heart
Derived terms
- atrial
- atriate
Finnish
Noun
atrium
- atrium (central room in Roman homes)
- atrium (square hall lit from above)
Declension
| Inflection of atrium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | atrium | atriumit | |
| genitive | atriumin | atriumien | |
| partitive | atriumia | atriumeja | |
| illative | atriumiin | atriumeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | atrium | atriumit | |
| accusative | nom. | atrium | atriumit |
| gen. | atriumin | ||
| genitive | atriumin | atriumien | |
| partitive | atriumia | atriumeja | |
| inessive | atriumissa | atriumeissa | |
| elative | atriumista | atriumeista | |
| illative | atriumiin | atriumeihin | |
| adessive | atriumilla | atriumeilla | |
| ablative | atriumilta | atriumeilta | |
| allative | atriumille | atriumeille | |
| essive | atriumina | atriumeina | |
| translative | atriumiksi | atriumeiksi | |
| instructive | — | atriumein | |
| abessive | atriumitta | atriumeitta | |
| comitative | — | atriumeineen | |
Synonyms
- (square hall): valopiha
Latin
Etymology
Related to āter, or from Etruscan.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈaː.tri.um/
Noun
ātrium n (genitive ātriī); second declension
Declension
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ātrium | ātria |
| genitive | ātriī ātrī1 |
ātriōrum |
| dative | ātriō | ātriīs |
| accusative | ātrium | ātria |
| ablative | ātriō | ātriīs |
| vocative | ātrium | ātria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
See also
Descendants
- English: atrium
- Hungarian: átrium
- Irish: aitriam
- Italian: atrio
- Portuguese: adro, átrio
- Spanish: atrio
References
- ātrĭum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- atrium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ATRIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ātrĭum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 182/3.
- atrium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- atrium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- “ātrium” on page 199 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- “atrium” on page 67 of Jan Frederik Niermeyer’s Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (1976)