LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

ēmissārium

ēmissārium n (genitive ēmissāriī or ēmissārī)

Meaning

  1. drain, outlet

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeēmissāriumēmissāria
genitiveēmissāriī
ēmissārī		ēmissāriōrum
dativeēmissāriōēmissāriīs
accusativeēmissāriumēmissāria
ablativeēmissāriōēmissāriīs
vocativeēmissāriumēmissāria

ēmissārĭum, ii, n. emitto,
I. an outlet: lacūs, a drain, Cic. Fam. 16, 18; Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 75; Suet. Claud. 20, 32: vomicae, Scrib. Comp. 229; cf. collectionis, id. ib. 206.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinēmissārium

Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti Proto-Italic *meitō Old Latin mītō Latin mittō Latin ēmittō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin ēmissus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārium Latin ēmissārium From ēmissus (“discharged, emitted, expelled”) + -ārium (“place for”).

In English words that came into English from ēmissārium

  • emissariumēmissārium

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesEmissariumEmissarium (ὑπόνομος), an artificial channel by which an outlet is formed to carry off any stagnant body of water. (Plin. Nat. 33.75; Cic. Fam. 16.1. …

Quick answers

What does ēmissārium mean in Latin?
ēmissārium, a noun, means “drain, outlet”.
What is the genitive of ēmissārium?
The genitive singular is ēmissāriī. ēmissārium is neuter, second declension.
Where does ēmissārium come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin ēmissārium.