different between cinerarium vs cinerary

English

Etymology

Latin cinerarium.

Noun

cinerarium (plural cineraria)

1. A place or receptacle for depositing the ashes of cremated people.

Related terms

• cinerary

See also

• columbarium

Latin

Etymology

From cinis (“cold ashes”) +? -?rium.

Noun

ciner?rium n (genitive ciner?ri? or ciner?r?); second declension

1. cinerarium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

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

References

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

English

Etymology

From Latin ciner?rius.

Adjective

cinerary (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or containing ashes, especially those of a cremated person.

Derived terms

• cinerary urn

Related terms

• cinerarium

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