antiquarium

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Particularly: “antique +‎ -arium?”

Noun[edit]

antiquarium

  1. A place for keeping antiques.
    • 1965, M. J. Vermaseren, C. C. Van Essen, The Excavations in the Mithraeum of the Church of Santa Pricsa in Rome:
      [] to make preparations for establishing an antiquarium in the nymphaeum under the right side-aisle of the Church (below Zone CC-DD-EE).
    • 2015, Nancy Thomson de Grummond, Encyclopedia of the History of Classical Archaeology:
      Albrecht also provided for an antiquarium in the ducal Residenz, a room devoted to the display of Roman portrait busts (many bearing fanciful identifications) as a series of illustrious men.

Latin[edit]

Adjective[edit]

antīquārium

  1. inflection of antīquārius:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    2. accusative masculine singular