congiarium

Latin

Etymology

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

Noun

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

Second declension.

Case 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
  • 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
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