What is the meaning of the suffix torium?

Answer 1

From "Latin: an intensive course" - Floyd L. Moreland, Rita M. Fleischer

-torium is a Suffix added to the root or stem of a Verb to produce a Noun.

The Action (verb) is now happening in the Place (noun)

The students dormi (sleep) in the dormi-torium (place).

The music is audi (heard) in the audi-torium (place) by the audi-ence(people).

The room is purge (cleansed) and the purge-mentum (trash) is thrown into the purga-torium; or sometimes, purga-tory(a place for trash).