"mortarium" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [mɔrˈtaː.ri.ũː] [Classical-Latin], [morˈt̪aː.ri.um] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *mer(H)- (“to rub”). Perhaps cognate with murcus, murcidus, marceō, morbus, Ancient Greek μαραίνω (maraínō), μαρασμός (marasmós), μάρναμαι (márnamai), μάρμαρος (mármaros). Etymology templates: {{der|la|ine-pro|*mer-|*mer(H)-|to rub}} Proto-Indo-European *mer(H)- (“to rub”), {{cog|grc|μαραίνω}} Ancient Greek μαραίνω (maraínō) Head templates: {{la-noun|mortārium<2>}} mortārium n (genitive mortāriī or mortārī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|mortārium<2>}} Forms: mortārium [canonical, neuter], mortāriī [genitive], mortārī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], mortārium [nominative, singular], mortāria [nominative, plural], mortāriī [genitive, singular], mortārī [genitive, singular], mortāriōrum [genitive, plural], mortāriō [dative, singular], mortāriīs [dative, plural], mortārium [accusative, singular], mortāria [accusative, plural], mortāriō [ablative, singular], mortāriīs [ablative, plural], mortārium [singular, vocative], mortāria [plural, vocative]
  1. mortar (used with a pestle) Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-mortarium-la-noun-un63V09y Categories (other): Tools Disambiguation of Tools: 34 34 32
  2. mortar (used with a pestle)
    large basin in which mortar (substance) is made
    Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-mortarium-la-noun-EcrGKjdY Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension, Tools Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 31 38 31 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 22 58 20 Disambiguation of Tools: 34 34 32
  3. mortar (mixture of lime, sand, and water) Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-mortarium-la-noun-0D99rVB~ Categories (other): Tools Disambiguation of Tools: 34 34 32
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      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mortārium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mortāria",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mortāriī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mortārī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mortāriōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mortāriō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mortāriīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mortārium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mortāria",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mortāriō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mortāriīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mortārium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mortāria",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mortārium<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "mortārium n (genitive mortāriī or mortārī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mortārium<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mortar (used with a pestle)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mortar",
          "mortar"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mortar (used with a pestle)",
        "large basin in which mortar (substance) is made"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mortar",
          "mortar"
        ],
        [
          "basin",
          "basin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mortar (mixture of lime, sand, and water)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mortar",
          "mortar"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[mɔrˈtaː.ri.ũː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[morˈt̪aː.ri.um]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mortarium"
}

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