salarium

Latin

Etymology

Substantivisation of salārius (of or pertaining to salt).

Pronunciation

Noun

salārium n (genitive salāriī or salārī); second declension

  1. a salary, stipend, allowance, pension; originally money given to soldiers with which to buy salt
  2. a meal

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative salārium salāria
genitive salāriī
salārī1
salāriōrum
dative salāriō salāriīs
accusative salārium salāria
ablative salāriō salāriīs
vocative salārium salāria

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

Descendants

  • Catalan: salari
  • Dutch: salaris
  • English: salary
  • French: salaire
  • Italian: salario
  • Portuguese: salário
  • Romanian: salariu
  • Spanish: salario

References

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin salārium.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /saˈla.rjum/
  • Rhymes: -arjum
  • Syllabification: sa‧la‧rium

Noun

salarium n (related adjective salaryjny)

  1. (obsolete) synonym of wynagrodzenie (salary)

Declension

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