spicarium

Latin

Etymology

From spīca (“ear of grain”) +‎ -ārium. Attested in the Lex Salica and Lex Alamannorum. Also found in 12th– and 13th-century texts.[1][2]

Pronunciation

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /spiˈka.ri.um/, [spiˈkäːrium]

Noun

spīcārium n (genitive spīcāriī or spīcārī); second declension

(Late Latin, Medieval Latin) granary
- Pactus Legis Salicae 16.3
  si quis spicarium aut machalum cum anona incenderit
  if anyone sets fire to a corn-store or barn with grain[3]

Descendants

Old French: spir, espier ⇒ sperial, spurel (Liège)
- Walloon: spirai, spurê
→ Proto-West Germanic: *spīkārī (see there for further descendants)

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “spīcarium”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 12: Sk–š, page 175

Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “spicarium”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 984
spicarium2 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)
Adams, James Noel. 2007. The regional diversification of Latin. Cambridge University Press. 314.

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