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albarium

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English

Etymology

From Latin albārium (white stucco).

Noun

albarium

  1. (art) A form of lime, made by heating marble, used for stucco.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From album (the colour white) + -ārium (of purpose), via albārius (relating to whiteness), shortening of albārium opus.

Pronunciation

Noun

albārium n (genitive albāriī or albārī); second declension

  1. white stucco, whitewash; a mortar of lime, gypsum, and river sand used to cover walls and make them white.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

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

Descendants

  • English: albarium

Adjective

albārium

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

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