aerarium

Latin

Etymology

From aes (“bronze, money”) +‎ -ārium (“place for”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ae̯ˈraː.ri.um/, [äe̯ˈräːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈra.ri.um/, [eˈräːrium]

Noun

aerārium n (genitive aerāriī or aerārī); second declension

1. the state treasury

   (specifically) The place in the Temple of Saturn at Rome, where the public treasure was kept.

   🖙 in the Imperial period, distinguished from the assets bound to the function of the Emperor called fiscus and his private property called patrimōnium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aerārium	aerāria
Genitive	aerāriī aerārī1	aerāriōrum
Dative	aerāriō	aerāriīs
Accusative	aerārium	aerāria
Ablative	aerāriō	aerāriīs
Vocative	aerārium	aerāria

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

Synonyms

• gaza, corbōna, gāzophylacium, thēsaurus

Related terms

• aēneātor
• aēneolus
• aēneus
• aēnipēs
• aēnus

• aerāmen
• aerāmentum
• aerāria
• aerārius
• aereus

• aerifer
• aerificē
• aeripēs
• aerisonus
• aerōsus

• aerūca
• aerūginō
• aerūginōsus
• aerūgō
• aes

Descendants

• Italian: erario
• Portuguese: erário

References

• aerarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “aerarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aerarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “aerarium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “aerarium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin