LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

ponderārium

ponderārium n (genitive ponderāriī or ponderārī)
Classical[pɔn.dɛˈraː.ri.ũː]Ecclesiastical[pon.deˈraː.ri.um]

Meaning

  1. the office in a Roman settlement, usually adjacent to a marketplace, which kept official weights and measures; the place where weighing and measuring took place

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeponderāriumponderāria
genitiveponderāriī
ponderārī		ponderāriōrum
dativeponderāriōponderāriīs
accusativeponderāriumponderāria
ablativeponderāriōponderāriīs
vocativeponderāriumponderāria

pondĕrārĭum, ii, n. pondero,
I. the place where public weights are kept and things are weighed, the public scales, Inscr. Orell. 144 and 4344.

Origins

From ponderō + -ārium.

Quick answers

What does ponderārium mean in Latin?
ponderārium, a noun, means “the office in a Roman settlement, usually adjacent to a marketplace, which kept official weights and measures; the place where weighing and measuring took place”.
What is the genitive of ponderārium?
The genitive singular is ponderāriī. ponderārium is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce ponderārium?
In classical Latin, [pɔn.dɛˈraː.ri.ũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [pon.deˈraː.ri.um].