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English
Etymology
From Latin aerārium.
Noun
aerarium (plural aeraria)
- (historical) The state treasury of Ancient Rome.
Latin
Etymology
From aes (“bronze, money”) + -ārium (“place for”).
Pronunciation
Noun
aerārium n (genitive aerāriī or aerārī); second declension
- the state treasury
- (specifically) The place in the Temple of Saturn at Rome, where the public treasure was kept.
- 🖙 in the Imperial period, distinguished from the assets bound to the function of the Emperor called fiscus and his private property called patrimōnium
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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Descendants
References
- aerarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “aerarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aerarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “aerarium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “aerarium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin aerarium.
Noun
aerarium n (uncountable)
- aerarium
Declension