vasarium
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
vās (“vessel, instrument, equipment”) + -ārium
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯aːˈsaː.ri.um/, [u̯äːˈs̠äːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /vaˈsa.ri.um/, [väˈs̬äːrium]
Noun[edit]
vāsārium n (genitive vāsāriī or vāsārī); second declension
- An allowance paid to provincial governors for domestic establishment costs such as equipment, furniture, or other outfit (including travel and accommodation costs).
- A place where documents are kept, a record office, an archive.
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vāsārium | vāsāria |
| Genitive | vāsāriī vāsārī1 |
vāsāriōrum |
| Dative | vāsāriō | vāsāriīs |
| Accusative | vāsārium | vāsāria |
| Ablative | vāsāriō | vāsāriīs |
| Vocative | vāsārium | vāsāria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References[edit]
- “vasarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vasarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.