scaccarium

scaccarium

Latin

Etymology

From *scaccus (“shah, king”) +‎ -ārium (“place for”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /skakˈkaː.ri.um/, [skakˈkaː.ri.ũ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /skakˈka.ri.um/, [skakˈkaː.ri.um]

Noun

scaccārium n (genitive scaccāriī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) chessboard
2. (Medieval Latin, metonymically) exchequer

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	scaccārium	scaccāria
Genitive	scaccāriī	scaccāriōrum
Dative	scaccāriō	scaccāriīs
Accusative	scaccārium	scaccāria
Ablative	scaccāriō	scaccāriīs
Vocative	scaccārium	scaccāria

Descendants

• Old French: escheker
  • Middle French: eschiquier
    • French: échiquier
  • Norman: êchitchi
  • → English: exchequer
  • → English: checker