carcerarium

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kar.keˈraː.ri.um/, [kärkɛˈräːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kar.t͡ʃeˈra.ri.um/, [kärt͡ʃeˈräːrium]

Etymology 1

Neuter substantive from carcerārius (adjective), elliptically for carcerārium tribūtum (“carceral contribution”).

Alternative forms

• carcelāgium, carcerāgium

Noun

carcerārium n (genitive carcerāriī or carcerārī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) jailer’s fees, prison fees (money paid to a jailkeeper by or on behalf of a prisoner for the food and drink supplied to that prisoner during incarceration)

   Synonyms: carcerātica f, geolāgium n

   • 1315 April 1st, Ludovicus X Rex, “Ordonance touchant le payement des dettes actives des Juifs. Elle contient de differentes diſpoſitions touchant les fiefs, les alleux, &c.”, in Ordonnances des Roys de France de la troisiéme Race, Recueillies par ordre Chronologique., premier volume [first volume] (overall work in French), Paris: Imprimerie Royale, published 1723, page 556, article 16:

     Cum ſuper eo quod frequenter aliquem capi & incarcerati contingit, & causâ cognitâ innocentem, ſeu inculpabilem reperiri, & nihilominus detineri, pro geolagio, ſeu carceragio, & ſcripturâ, peterent ab hujuſmodi extorſionibus deſiſtere & ceſſare.

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Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	carcerārium	carcerāria
Genitive	carcerāriī carcerārī1	carcerāriōrum
Dative	carcerāriō	carcerāriīs
Accusative	carcerārium	carcerāria
Ablative	carcerāriō	carcerāriīs
Vocative	carcerārium	carcerāria

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

Derived terms

• carcerāriōrum exāctiōnēs f pl

Descendants

• Old Spanish: carcelage

Further reading

• CARCERARIUM 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)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

carcerārium

1. inflection of carcerārius:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

Noun

carcerārium m

1. accusative singular of carcerārius