LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

congiārium

congiārium n (genitive congiāriī or congiārī)

Meaning

  1. A vessel that holds a congius
  2. A gift (of that measure) distributed to the people

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecongiāriumcongiāria
genitivecongiāriī
congiārī		congiāriōrum
dativecongiāriōcongiāriīs
accusativecongiāriumcongiāria
ablativecongiāriōcongiāriīs
vocativecongiāriumcongiāria

congĭārĭum, ii, n., v. congiarius.

Origins

From congius (“congius, approximately a gallon or two”) + -ārium (“place for”).

Descendants
  • Italiancongiario

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesCongiariumCongiarium (sc. vas, from CONGIUS), a vessel containing that liquid measure (Paulus, in Dig. 33, 8, 13). In the early times of the Roman republic, the…

Quick answers

What does congiārium mean in Latin?
congiārium, a noun, means “A vessel that holds a congius; A gift (of that measure) distributed to the people”.
What is the genitive of congiārium?
The genitive singular is congiāriī. congiārium is neuter, second declension.