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Latin
Etymology
From congius (“congius, approximately a gallon or two”) + -ārium (“place for”).
Noun
congiārium n (genitive congiāriī or congiārī); second declension
- A vessel that holds a congius
- A gift (of that measure) distributed to the people
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “congiarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “congiarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- congiarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “congiarium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “congiarium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin