LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

vāsārium

vāsārium n (genitive vāsāriī or vāsārī)
Classical[waːˈsaː.ri.ũː]Ecclesiastical[vaˈs̬aː.ri.um]

Meaning

  1. An allowance paid to provincial governors for domestic establishment costs such as equipment, furniture, or other outfit (including travel and accommodation costs).
  2. A place where documents are kept, a record office, an archive.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevāsāriumvāsāria
genitivevāsāriī
vāsārī		vāsāriōrum
dativevāsāriōvāsāriīs
accusativevāsāriumvāsāria
ablativevāsāriōvāsāriīs
vocativevāsāriumvāsāria

vāsārĭum, ii, n. 2. vas.
I. Furniture-money, equipage-money, given to a governor of a province for his domestic establishment, Cic. Pis. 35, 86.—
II. Money given for the hire of an oil-mill, Cato, R. R. 145, 3.—
III. The furniture, movables in a bath, Vitr. 5, 10.—
IV. Archives, records, Plin. 7, 49, 50, § 162; Cod. Th. 13, 11, 12; Cassiod. Var. 7, 45 fin.

Origins

From vās (“vessel, instrument, equipment”) + -ārium.

Quick answers

What does vāsārium mean in Latin?
vāsārium, a noun, means “An allowance paid to provincial governors for domestic establishment costs such as equipment, furniture, or other outfit (including travel and accommodation costs).; A place where documents are kept, a record office, an ”.
What is the genitive of vāsārium?
The genitive singular is vāsāriī. vāsārium is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce vāsārium?
In classical Latin, [waːˈsaː.ri.ũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [vaˈs̬aː.ri.um].