diarium

Latin

Etymology

From diēs (day) +‎ -ārium.

Pronunciation

Noun

diārium n (genitive diāriī or diārī); second declension

  1. daily allowance, wage (of food or pay)
  2. a diary, a journal

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative diārium diāria
genitive diāriī
diārī1
diāriōrum
dative diāriō diāriīs
accusative diārium diāria
ablative diāriō diāriīs
vocative diārium diāria

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

Descendants

  • Asturian: xera, xeira
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: jeyra, geyra
  • Borrowings:
    • Catalan: diari
    • Italian: diario
    • Spanish: diario
    • English: diary
    • Galician: diario
    • Portuguese: diário
    • Swedish: diarium
    • Byzantine Greek: διάριον (diárion), διάριν (diárin)
      • Pontic Greek: δά̤ριν (dä́rin), δά̤ρ’ (dä́r’), δέρ’ (dér’)
      • Laz: გჲარი (gyari, bread; food), ჯარი (cari), ჯაი (cai)Atina, Vizha, Artasheni, გჲაჲი (gyayi), გჲაი (gyai)alternative spellings, დჲარი (dyari)
      • Svan: დია̈რ (diär, bread)
      • Mingrelian: დიარა (diara, banquet, wedding), დიარაფა (diarapa, feeding, feed), დიარუა (diarua)
      • Classical Syriac: ܕܝܪܝܢ (dyryn /⁠dīarīn⁠/), ܕܝܪܝܐ (dyryʾ, stipend)

References

  • diarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin diārium.

Noun

diarium n

  1. a diary, a register of documents received and produced at an office

Declension

References