gazophylacium

Latin

Alternative forms

• gazofilacium

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek γάζα (gáza)

Ancient Greek φύλαξ (phúlax)

Ancient Greek γαζοφύλαξ (gazophúlax)

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)?

Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion)

Ancient Greek γαζοφυλάκιον (gazophulákion)bor.

Latin gazophylacium

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γαζοφυλάκιον (gazophulákion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɡaz.zɔ.pʰyˈɫa.ki.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ɡad.d͡zo.fiˈlaː.t͡ʃi.um]

Noun

gazophylacium n (genitive gazophylaciī or gazophylacī); second declension

1. treasury
2. offertory (box)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	gazophylacium	gazophylacia
genitive	gazophylaciī gazophylacī1	gazophylaciōrum
dative	gazophylaciō	gazophylaciīs
accusative	gazophylacium	gazophylacia
ablative	gazophylaciō	gazophylaciīs
vocative	gazophylacium	gazophylacia

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

Descendants

• Mozarabic: *gazpelağo
  • →? Spanish: gazpacho (see there for further descendants)
• → Italian: gazofilacio
• → Portuguese: gazofilácio

References

• “gazophylacium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.