corollarium

Latin

FWOTD – 24 February 2015

Etymology

From corōlla (garland) +‎ -ārium (of purpose), via *corōllārius (relating to garlands); corōlla is diminutive of corōna (crown; garland).

Pronunciation

Noun

corōllārium n (genitive corōllāriī or corōllārī); second declension

  1. Money paid for a garland of flowers.
  2. A gift, present, gratuity.
  3. (in later philosophical writing) A corollary, deduction, consequence.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative corōllārium corōllāria
genitive corōllāriī
corōllārī1
corōllāriōrum
dative corōllāriō corōllāriīs
accusative corōllārium corōllāria
ablative corōllāriō corōllāriīs
vocative corōllārium corōllāria

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

Descendants

  • Catalan: corol·lari
  • English: corollary
  • French: corollaire
  • Italian: corollario
  • Portuguese: corolário
  • Sicilian: curuḍḍaru
  • Spanish: corolario

References

  • corollarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • corollarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • corollarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • corollarium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • corollarium in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016