corollarium

Latin

FWOTD – 24 February 2015

Etymology

From corōlla (“garland”) +‎ -ārium (of purpose), via *corōllārius (relating to garlands); corōlla is diminutive of corōna (“crown; garland”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ko.roːlˈlaː.ri.um/, [kɔroːlˈlʲäːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ko.rolˈla.ri.um/, [korolˈläːrium]

Noun

corōllārium n (genitive corōllāriī or corōllārī); second declension

1. Money paid for a garland of flowers.
2. A gift, present, gratuity.
3. (in later philosophical writing) A corollary, deduction, consequence.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	corōllārium	corōllāria
Genitive	corōllāriī corōllārī1	corōllāriōrum
Dative	corōllāriō	corōllāriīs
Accusative	corōllārium	corōllāria
Ablative	corōllāriō	corōllāriīs
Vocative	corōllārium	corōllāria

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

Related terms

• corōlla
• corōllāria
• corōna

• corōnāmentum
• corōnārius
• corōnō

Descendants

• Catalan: corol·lari
• English: corollary
• French: corollaire
• Italian: corollario
• Portuguese: corolário
• Spanish: corolario

References

• “corollarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “corollarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• corollarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “corollarium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• corollarium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016