LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

columnārium

columnārium n (genitive columnāriī or columnārī)
Classical[kɔ.ɫʊmˈnaː.ri.ũː]Ecclesiastical[ko.lumˈnaː.ri.um]

Meaning

  1. a tax on pillars in buildings

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecolumnāriumcolumnāria
genitivecolumnāriī
columnārī		columnāriōrum
dativecolumnāriōcolumnāriīs
accusativecolumnāriumcolumnāria
ablativecolumnāriōcolumnāriīs
vocativecolumnāriumcolumnāria

cŏlumnārĭum, ii, v. columnarius, II.

Origins

From columna (“pillar”) + -ārium.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesColumnariumColumnarium a tax imposed in the time of Julius Caesar upon the pillars that supported a house. (Cic. ad Att, 13.6) It was probably imposed by the lex…

Quick answers

What does columnārium mean in Latin?
columnārium, a noun, means “a tax on pillars in buildings”.
What is the genitive of columnārium?
The genitive singular is columnāriī. columnārium is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce columnārium?
In classical Latin, [kɔ.ɫʊmˈnaː.ri.ũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ko.lumˈnaː.ri.um].