aerarium

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

aerārium ī, n

aerarius, part of the temple of Saturn at Rome, in which the public treasure was kept, the treasury : referre (pecuniam) in aerarium: pecunia data tibi ex aerario.—Hence, the public treasure, finances : cum effudisset aerarium: commune, N.: pecuniā uti ex aerario, Cs.: rationes ad aerarium referre, to render an account to the treasury .—Here the public archives and the standards were kept: tabulae testimenti ... ut in aerario ponerentur, Cs.: signa ex aerario prompta, L.: aerarium sanctius, a fund reserved for extreme public necessity , Cs., C.: privatum, a special fund , N.: militare, Ta.