mortarium

From Latin mortārium. Doublet of mortar.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mɔːˈtɛːɹɪəm/

mortarium (plural mortaria)

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

Uncertain. De Vaan suggests that the term could derive from Proto-Italic *morto-, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tó-, itself from a possible root *mer- (“to die”), whence also Latin morior. The root *merh₂-, whence also perhaps Proto-Celtic *marnati, may be an extension of the root *mer-.^[1]

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɔrˈtaː.ri.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [morˈtaː.ri.um]

mortārium n (genitive mortāriī or mortārī); second declension

1. mortar (used with a pestle)
   1. large basin in which mortar (substance) is made
2. mortar (mixture of lime, sand, and water)

Second-declension noun (neuter).

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

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