English

Noun

mortarium ‎(plural mortaria)

1. (archaeology) A kind of mortar used by ancient Romans for grinding.

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mel- ‎(“soft, weak, tender”). See Latin mollis.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mortārium n ‎(genitive mortāriī); second declension

1. mortar (used with a pestle)
2. large basin in which mortar (substance) is made

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

References

• mortarium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mortarium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• MORTARIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “mortarium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• mortarium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mortarium in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• mortarium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin