vasarium

Latin

Etymology

vās (“vessel, instrument, equipment”) +‎ -ārium

Pronunciation

Noun

vāsārium n (genitive vāsāriī or vāsārī); second declension

  1. An allowance paid to provincial governors for domestic establishment costs such as equipment, furniture, or other outfit (including travel and accommodation costs).
  2. A place where documents are kept, a record office, an archive.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative vāsārium vāsāria
genitive vāsāriī
vāsārī1 		vāsāriōrum
dative vāsāriō vāsāriīs
accusative vāsārium vāsāria
ablative vāsāriō vāsāriīs
vocative vāsārium vāsāria

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

References

  • “vasarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vasarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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