gazophylacium

Latin

Alternative forms

• gazofilacium

Etymology

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

Compare γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰξ (gāzophúlax, “treasurer”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡaz.zo.pʰyˈla.ki.um/, [ɡäz̪d̪͡z̪ɔpʰʏˈɫ̪äkiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate 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
  • →? Spanish: gazpacho

References

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