aciarium

Latin

Etymology

aciēs (“sharp point”) +‎ -ārium

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.kiˈaː.ri.um/, [äkiˈäːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.t͡ʃiˈa.ri.um/, [ät͡ʃiˈäːrium]

Noun

aciārium n (genitive aciāriī or aciārī); second declension

1. (Late Latin) steel

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aciārium	aciāria
Genitive	aciāriī aciārī1	aciāriōrum
Dative	aciāriō	aciāriīs
Accusative	aciārium	aciāria
Ablative	aciāriō	aciāriīs
Vocative	aciārium	aciāria

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

Synonyms

• chalybs

Descendants

Descendants

• Catalan: acer
• French: acier
• Friulian: açâr
• Galician: aceiro
• Italian: acciaio

• Occitan: acièr
• Romansch: atschal
• Portuguese: aço
• Sicilian: azzaru
• Spanish: acero

References

• aciarium 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)