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congiarium

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Latin

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Etymology

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From congius (congius, approximately a gallon or two) +‎ -ārium (place for).

Noun

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congiārium n (genitive congiāriī or congiārī); second declension

  1. A vessel that holds a congius
  2. A gift (of that measure) distributed to the people

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative congiārium congiāria
genitive congiāriī
congiārī1
congiāriōrum
dative congiāriō congiāriīs
accusative congiārium congiāria
ablative congiāriō congiāriīs
vocative congiārium congiāria

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

References

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