offertorium

Latin

Etymology

From offerō +‎ -tōrium. Found in Medieval Latin. Compare Vulgar Latin *offertus, a variation of Latin oblatus.

Noun

offertōrium n (genitive offertōriī or offertōrī); second declension

1. offertory (place to which offerings were brought)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	offertōrium	offertōria
genitive	offertōriī offertōrī1	offertōriōrum
dative	offertōriō	offertōriīs
accusative	offertōrium	offertōria
ablative	offertōriō	offertōriīs
vocative	offertōrium	offertōria

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

Descendants

• → Italian: offertorio
• → Spanish: ofertorio
• → French: offertoire
• → Portuguese: ofertório

References

• “offertorium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• offertorium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• offertorium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

offertorium n (definite singular offertoriet, indefinite plural offertorier, definite plural offertoria or offertoriene)

1. (Christianity) offertory

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

offertorium n (definite singular offertoriet, indefinite plural offertorium, definite plural offertoria)

1. (Christianity) offertory

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin offertōrium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔf.fɛrˈtɔ.rjum/
• Rhymes: -ɔrjum
• Syllabification: of‧fer‧to‧rium

Noun

offertorium n

1. (Christianity) Alternative spelling of ofertorium

Declension

Declension of offertorium

	singular	plural
nominative	offertorium	offertoria
genitive	offertorium	offertoriów
dative	offertorium	offertoriom
accusative	offertorium	offertoria
instrumental	offertorium	offertoriami
locative	offertorium	offertoriach
vocative	offertorium	offertoria

Further reading

• offertorium in Polish dictionaries at PWN