carcerarium
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kar.kɛˈraː.ri.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kar.t͡ʃeˈraː.ri.um]
Etymology 1
Neuter substantive from carcerārius (adjective), elliptically for carcerārium tribūtum (“carceral contribution”).
Alternative forms
Noun
carcerārium n (genitive carcerāriī or carcerārī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) jailer’s fees, prison fees (money paid to a jailkeeper by or on behalf of a prisoner for the food and drink supplied to that prisoner during incarceration)
- Synonyms: carcerātica f, geolāgium n
- 1315 April 1st, Ludovicus X Rex, “Ordonance touchant le payement des dettes actives des Juifs. Elle contient de differentes diſpoſitions touchant les fiefs, les alleux, &c.”, in Ordonnances des Roys de France de la troisiéme Race, Recueillies par ordre Chronologique., premier volume [first volume] (overall work in French), Paris: Imprimerie Royale, published 1723, page 556, article 16:
- Cum ſuper eo quod frequenter aliquem capi & incarcerati contingit, & causâ cognitâ innocentem, ſeu inculpabilem reperiri, & nihilominus detineri, pro geolagio, ſeu carceragio, & ſcripturâ, peterent ab hujuſmodi extorſionibus deſiſtere & ceſſare.
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Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | carcerārium | carcerāria |
| genitive | carcerāriī carcerārī1 |
carcerāriōrum |
| dative | carcerāriō | carcerāriīs |
| accusative | carcerārium | carcerāria |
| ablative | carcerāriō | carcerāriīs |
| vocative | carcerārium | carcerāria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
- carcerāriōrum exāctiōnēs f pl
Descendants
- Old Spanish: carcelage
Further reading
- "CARCERARIUM", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
carcerārium
- inflection of carcerārius:
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
- accusative masculine singular
Noun
carcerārium m
- accusative singular of carcerārius