"atrium" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [ˈaː.tri.ũː] [Classical-Latin], [ˈaː.tri.um] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: * Either from Ancient Greek αἴθριον (aíthrion, “under the sky, open”) (see αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “clear sky, heaven”)), * or related to Latin āter, Umbrian 𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌖 (atru), Oscan 𐌀𐌀𐌃𐌝𐌓𐌉𐌉𐌔 (aadíriis), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₁tr-yom, * or from Etruscan 𐌀𐌈𐌓𐌄 (aθre, “atrium, temple, house, domus”). Related to Etruscan 𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌖𐌌 (atrium). Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|αἴθριος|αἴθριον|under the sky, open}} Ancient Greek αἴθριον (aíthrion, “under the sky, open”), {{cog|xum|𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌖}} Umbrian 𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌖 (atru), {{cog|osc|𐌀𐌀𐌃𐌝𐌓𐌉𐌉𐌔}} Oscan 𐌀𐌀𐌃𐌝𐌓𐌉𐌉𐌔 (aadíriis), {{der|la|ine-pro|*h₂eh₁ter-|*h₂eh₁tr-yom}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₁tr-yom, {{bor|la|ett|𐌀𐌈𐌓𐌄|t=atrium, temple, house, domus}} Etruscan 𐌀𐌈𐌓𐌄 (aθre, “atrium, temple, house, domus”), {{cog|ett|𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌖𐌌}} Etruscan 𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌖𐌌 (atrium) Head templates: {{la-noun|ātrium<2>}} ātrium n (genitive ātriī or ātrī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|ātrium<2>}} Forms: ātrium [canonical, neuter], ātriī [genitive], ātrī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], ātrium [nominative, singular], ātria [nominative, plural], ātriī [genitive, singular], ātrī [genitive, singular], ātriōrum [genitive, plural], ātriō [dative, singular], ātriīs [dative, plural], ātrium [accusative, singular], ātria [accusative, plural], ātriō [ablative, singular], ātriīs [ablative, plural], ātrium [singular, vocative], ātria [plural, vocative]
  1. a welcoming room in a Roman villa; reception hall, main court Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-atrium-la-noun-gCPojQbl Categories (other): Pages with 12 entries, Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension, Rooms Disambiguation of Pages with 12 entries: 1 2 7 1 2 11 8 9 10 10 1 4 3 8 10 0 1 4 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 3 6 1 1 11 8 11 11 10 0 4 2 9 10 0 1 3 8 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 72 28 Disambiguation of Rooms: 89 11
  2. a hall, court in a temple Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-atrium-la-noun-geJlmy0t
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ātriārius, ātriēnsis, ātriola, ātriolum Related terms: Ātrius, vestibulum
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