aerarium

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English

Etymology

From Latin aerārium.

Noun

aerarium (plural aeraria)

  1. (historical) The state treasury of Ancient Rome.

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From aes (“bronze, money”) +‎ -ārium (“place for”).

Pronunciation

Noun

aerārium n (genitive aerāriī or aerārī); second declension

  1. 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).

singular plural
nominative aerārium aerāria
genitive aerāriī
aerārī1 		aerāriōrum
dative aerāriō aerāriīs
accusative aerārium aerāria
ablative aerāriō aerāriīs
vocative aerārium aerāria

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

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Catalan: erari
  • → German: Ärar
  • Italian: erario
  • Portuguese: erário
  • Spanish: erario

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)

  1. aerarium

Declension

declension of aerarium (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) aerarium aerariumul
genitive/dative (unui) aerarium aerariumului
vocative aerariumule
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