different between discophora vs velarium

English

Etymology

From Latin velarium. Doublet of veghar.

Noun

velarium (plural velaria or velariums)

1. (zoology) The marginal membrane of certain medusae belonging to the Discophora
2. (historical) An awning that stretched over the seating area of the Colosseum in Ancient Rome

Related terms

• velarial

Latin

Etymology

From v?lum (“sail, curtain, awning”) +? -?rium (“place for”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u?e??la?.ri.um/, [u?e????ä??i???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ve?la.ri.um/, [v??l???ium]

Noun

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

1. awning
2. covering (over a theatre)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

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

Descendants

• Byzantine Greek: ???????? (b?lárion), ?????? (b?lári)
  • Greek: ?????? (vilári)
  • Middle Armenian: ????? (ve?ar)
    • Armenian: ????? (ve?ar)
• English: velarium
• Italian: velario
• Piedmontese: velari

References

• velarium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• velarium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• velarium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• velarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• velarium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers