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noun · neutersecond declension

fūstuārium

fūstuārium n (genitive fūstuāriī or fūstuārī)

Meaning

  1. beating to death with a cudgel (as a military punishment)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativefūstuāriumfūstuāria
genitivefūstuāriī
fūstuārī		fūstuāriōrum
dativefūstuāriōfūstuāriīs
accusativefūstuāriumfūstuāria
ablativefūstuāriōfūstuāriīs
vocativefūstuāriumfūstuāria

fustŭārĭum, ii, n. fustis,
I. a cudgelling to death, a military punishment for desertion or other capital offences: fustuarium meruerunt legiones, quae consules reliquerunt, Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 14; Liv. 5, 6, 14 Drak.; id. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 825; cf. Dict. of Antiq. p. 464.

Origins

From fustis (“cudgel”) + -ārium (re-substantivation), via fustuārius (“relating to cudgels”).

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesFustuariumFustuarium (ξυλοκοπία), called also fusti percutere, was a capital punishment inflicted upon Roman soldiers for the highest military offences. It is t…

Quick answers

What does fūstuārium mean in Latin?
fūstuārium, a noun, means “beating to death with a cudgel (as a military punishment)”.
What is the genitive of fūstuārium?
The genitive singular is fūstuāriī. fūstuārium is neuter, second declension.