automatarium

Latin

Adjective

automatārium

1. inflection of automatārius:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

Noun

automatārium n (genitive automatāriī or automatārī); second declension

1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
   • a. 224, Dig. 30, 1, 41, § 11 Ulpianus libro vicesimo primo ad Sabinum

     Sed automataria aut siquis canthari, per quos aquae saliunt, poterunt legari, maxime si impositicii sunt.

     But if water machines or water-noses through which water springs can be legated then the like if they are attached.

   1. a machine moving above springwater
   2. an artificial and mobile spring

Inflection

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	automatārium	automatāria
genitive	automatāriī automatārī1	automatāriōrum
dative	automatāriō	automatāriīs
accusative	automatārium	automatāria
ablative	automatāriō	automatāriīs
vocative	automatārium	automatāria

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

Further reading

• Gesterding, Franz (1818) Alte und neue Irrthümer der Rechtsgelehrten, Greifswald: Ernst Mauritius, pages 369–370