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

  1. (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

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
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