aerarium

English

Etymology

From Latin aerārium.

Noun

aerarium (plural aeraria)

1. (historical) The state treasury of Ancient Rome.

Latin

Alternative forms

• ērārium (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

From aes (“bronze, money”) +‎ -ārium (“place for”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ae̯ˈraː.ri.um/, [äe̯ˈräːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈra.ri.um/, [eˈräːrium]

Noun

aerārium n (genitive aerāriī or aerārī); second declension

1. the state treasury

   (specifically) The place in the Temple of Saturn at Rome, where the public treasure was kept.

   🖙 in the Imperial period, distinguished from the assets bound to the function of the Emperor called fiscus and his private property called patrimōnium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	aerārium	aerāria
genitive	aerāriī aerārī1	aerāriōrum
dative	aerāriō	aerāriīs
accusative	aerārium	aerāria
ablative	aerāriō	aerāriīs
vocative	aerārium	aerāria

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

Synonyms

• gaza, corbōna, gāzophylacium, thēsaurus

Related terms

• aēneātor
• aēneolus
• aēneus
• aēnipēs
• aēnus
• aerāmen
• aerāmentum
• aerāria
• aerārius
• aereus
• aerifer
• aerificē
• aeripēs
• aerisonus
• aerōsus
• aerūca
• aerūginō
• aerūginōsus
• aerūgō
• aes

Descendants

• Catalan: erari
• → German: Ärar
• Italian: erario
• Portuguese: erário
• Spanish: erario

References

• aerarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “aerarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aerarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “aerarium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “aerarium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin aerarium.

Noun

aerarium n (uncountable)

1. aerarium

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	aerarium	aerariumul
genitive-dative	aerarium	aerariumului
vocative	aerariumule