aerarium Latin · revision 9419

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cato|origins=ine-pro *h₂éyos}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ae̯ˈraː.ri.ũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [eˈraː.ri.um]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''aerārium''' ''n'' (genitive aerāriī or aerārī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the neuter of [[aerārius]] “of bronze, of money”, from [[aes]] “bronze, money”, with the suffix [[-ārium]] “place for”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨aes⟩ to [[itc-pro|*ajos]], from [[ine-pro|*h₂éyos|t=bronze]].^(de Vaan 2008) Isidore explains that bronze money was stored there before gold and silver were coined.^(Isidore)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Cato, of the treasury in the temple of Saturn.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was the public treasury of Rome, kept in the temple of Saturn, which also held the state archives, as in Cato; any treasury or exchequer, with a ''sānctius aerārium'', an inner reserve; and the funds in it, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Magistrates' accounts, census lists, laws and military standards were also deposited there.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant treasury.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for a treasury, glossed Old English ''māþmhūs'', and figuratively.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''erario'' and Spanish ''erario''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of funds.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 560–636 AD – Isidore explains its name.^(Isidore)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The public [[m|en|treasury]] of Rome in the temple of Saturn; any treasury, [[m|en|exchequer]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # The funds of the treasury.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[aes]]

+ * [[aerārius]]

+ * [[fiscus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}