noun · neutersecond declension
sagīnārium
sagīnārium n (genitive sagīnāriī or sagīnārī)
Classical[sa.ɡiːˈnaː.ri.ũː]Ecclesiastical[sa.d͡ʒiˈnaː.ri.um]
Meaning
- a feeding-stall, place where animals are fattened
Ad saginandum eligunt pullos circiter sesquimensem qui sunt nati; eos includunt in saginario ibique polentam et pollinem aqua madefacta dant cibum, ita ut ter die saturent
1934 translation by W. D. Hooper and Harrison Boyd Ash For fattening, goslings are chosen which are about one and one-half months old; these are enclosed in the fattening pen, and there they are fed on a food consisting of barley-meal and flour dampened with water, being surfeited three times a day116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, Rerum rusticarum 3.10.7
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sagīnārium | sagīnāria |
| genitive | sagīnāriī sagīnārī | sagīnāriōrum |
| dative | sagīnāriō | sagīnāriīs |
| accusative | sagīnārium | sagīnāria |
| ablative | sagīnāriō | sagīnāriīs |
| vocative | sagīnārium | sagīnāria |
săgīnārĭum, ii, n. sagina,
I. a place where animals are fatted, a feeding-stall, Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 7.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārium Latin sagīnārium From sagīna + -ārium.