congiarium

Latin

Etymology

From congius (“congius, approximately a gallon or two”) +‎ -ārium (“place for”).

Noun

congiārium n (genitive congiāriī or congiārī); second declension

1. A vessel that holds a congius
2. A gift (of that measure) distributed to the people

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	congiārium	congiāria
Genitive	congiāriī congiārī1	congiāriōrum
Dative	congiāriō	congiāriīs
Accusative	congiārium	congiāria
Ablative	congiāriō	congiāriīs
Vocative	congiārium	congiāria

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

References

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