gazophylacium

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γαζοφυλάκιον (gazophulákion).

Compare γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰξ (gāzophŭ́lăx, treasurer).

Pronunciation

Noun

gazophylacium n (genitive gazophylaciī or gazophylacī); second declension

  1. treasury
  2. offertory (box)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative gazophylacium gazophylacia
genitive gazophylaciī
gazophylacī1
gazophylaciōrum
dative gazophylaciō gazophylaciīs
accusative gazophylacium gazophylacia
ablative gazophylaciō gazophylaciīs
vocative gazophylacium gazophylacia

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

Descendants

  • Italian: gazofilacio
  • Mozarabic: *gazpelağo
    • ? Spanish: gazpacho (see there for further descendants)

References

  • gazophylacium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.