noun · neutersecond declension
clāvārium
clāvārium n (genitive clāvāriī or clāvārī)
Classical[kɫaːˈwaː.ri.ũː]Ecclesiastical[klaˈvaː.ri.um]
Meaning
- money to pay for a shoe-nail
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | clāvārium | clāvāria |
| genitive | clāvāriī clāvārī | clāvāriōrum |
| dative | clāvāriō | clāvāriīs |
| accusative | clāvārium | clāvāria |
| ablative | clāvāriō | clāvāriīs |
| vocative | clāvārium | clāvāria |
clāvārĭum, ii, n. id.,
I. money given to soldiers for the purchase of shoe-nails (cf. calcearium), Tac. H. 3, 50 fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
clāvārium ī, n
clavus, money given to soldiers to buy shoe-nails, Ta.
Origins
From clāvus (“nail”) + -ārium (of purpose), via clāvārius (“nailsmith”).