LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

zygostasium

zygostasium n (genitive zygostasiī or zygostasī)
Classical[zy.ɡɔsˈta.si.ũː]Ecclesiastical[d͡zi.ɡosˈtaː.s̬i.um]

Meaning

  1. Late Latinneuteroffice of weigh-master
    In aestimatione frumenti, quod ad civitatem Alexandrinam convehitur, quidquid de crithologia et zygostasii munere et pro naucleriorum tuenda substantia eminentia tua disposuit, roboramus.482 CE – 565 CE, Iustinianus, Codex Justinianus 11.28

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativezygostasiumzygostasia
genitivezygostasiī
zygostasī		zygostasiōrum
dativezygostasiōzygostasiīs
accusativezygostasiumzygostasia
ablativezygostasiōzygostasiīs
vocativezygostasiumzygostasia

zўgostăsĭum, ii, n., = ζυγόστασις,
I. the office of a weigh-master, Cod. Th. 15, 26, 1.

Origins

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ζυγοστάσιον (zugostásion), from ζυγόν (zugón) + στάσις (stásis) + -ιον (-ion).

Quick answers

What does zygostasium mean in Latin?
zygostasium, a noun, means “office of weigh-master”.
What is the genitive of zygostasium?
The genitive singular is zygostasiī. zygostasium is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce zygostasium?
In classical Latin, [zy.ɡɔsˈta.si.ũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [d͡zi.ɡosˈtaː.s̬i.um].