salarium

Latin

Etymology

From salārius (“of or pertaining to salt”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /saˈlaː.ri.um/, [saˈɫaː.ri.ũ]

Noun

salārium n (genitive salāriī); second declension

a salary, stipend, allowance, pension; originally money given to soldiers with which to buy salt
a meal

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	salārium	salāria
genitive	salāriī	salāriōrum
dative	salāriō	salāriīs
accusative	salārium	salāria
ablative	salāriō	salāriīs
vocative	salārium	salāria

Descendants

Catalan: salari
Dutch: salaris
English: salary
French: salaire

Italian: salario
Portuguese: salário
Romanian: salariu
Spanish: salario

References

salarius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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