English

Noun

velarium ‎(plural velaria)

1. (zoology) The marginal membrane of certain medusae belonging to the Discophora.
2. (historical) An awning that stretched over the seating area of the Colosseum in Ancient Rome.

Latin

Etymology

From vēlum ‎(“sail, curtain, awning”) +‎ -ārium ‎(“place for”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /weːˈlaː.ri.um/, [weːˈɫaː.ri.ũ]

Noun

vēlārium n ‎(genitive vēlāriī); second declension

1. awning
2. covering (over a theatre)

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

• Byzantine Greek: βηλάριον ‎(bēlárion), βηλάρι ‎(bēlári)
  • Greek: βηλάρι ‎(vilári)
  • Middle Armenian: վեղար ‎(vełar)
    • Armenian: վեղար ‎(vełar)
• English: velarium

References

• velarium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• velarium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• VELARIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “velarium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• velarium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers