clavarium
Latin
Etymology
From clāvus (“nail”) + -ārium (of purpose), via *clāvārius (relating to nails).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /klaːˈwaː.ri.um/, [kɫaːˈwaː.ri.ũ]
Noun
clāvārium n (genitive clāvāriī); second declension
- (military) money to pay for a shoe-nail
Inflection
Second declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | clāvārium | clāvāria |
Genitive | clāvāriī | clāvāriōrum |
Dative | clāvāriō | clāvāriīs |
Accusative | clāvārium | clāvāria |
Ablative | clāvāriō | clāvāriīs |
Vocative | clāvārium | clāvāria |
Related terms
- clāvō
- clāvus
References
- clavarium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- clavarium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- clavarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- clavarium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- clavarium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin