noun
- declension: 1st declension
- gender: feminine
Definitions:
- base of an altar
- small altar
- turf laid like an altar round base of a tree
- Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
- Area: Ecclesiastic, Biblical, Religious
- Geography: All or none
- Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
- Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)