gazophylacium

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γαζοφυλάκιον (gazophulákion), from γάζα (gáza) + φυλάκιον (phulákion).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡaz.zo.pʰyˈla.ki.um/, [ɡäz̪d̪͡z̪ɔpʰʏˈɫ̪äkiʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ɡad.d͡zo.fiˈla.t͡ʃi.um/, [ɡäd̪ː͡z̪ofiˈläːt͡ʃium]

Noun

gazophylacium n (genitive gazophylaciī or gazophylacī); second declension

  1. treasury
  2. offertory (box)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gazophylacium gazophylacia
Genitive gazophylaciī
gazophylacī1		 gazophylaciōrum
Dative gazophylaciō gazophylaciīs
Accusative gazophylacium gazophylacia
Ablative gazophylaciō gazophylaciīs
Vocative gazophylacium gazophylacia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants
  • Mozarabic: *gazpelağo

References
  • gazophylacium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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