clavarium

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Latin

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Etymology

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From clāvus (nail) +‎ -ārium (of purpose), via *clāvārius (relating to nails).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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clāvārium n (genitive clāvāriī or clāvārī); second declension

  1. (military) money to pay for a shoe-nail

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative clāvārium clāvāria
Genitive clāvāriī
clāvārī1
clāvāriōrum
Dative clāvāriō clāvāriīs
Accusative clāvārium clāvāria
Ablative clāvāriō clāvāriīs
Vocative clāvārium clāvāria

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

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References

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  • 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