gazophylacium

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek γαζοφυλάκιον (gazophulákion), from γάζα (gáza) + φυλάκιον (phulákion).

Compare γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰξ (gāzophúlax, treasurer).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gazophylacium n (genitive gazophylaciī or gazophylacī); second declension

  1. treasury
  2. offertory (box)

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

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

Descendants

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  • Mozarabic: *gazpelağo

References

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  • gazophylacium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.