telonium

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τελώνῐον (telṓnion, “custom house”), from τέλος (télos, “due, tax, toll”).

Pronunciation

Noun

telōnium n (genitive telōniī or telōnī); second declension

  1. toll booth
  2. custom house
  3. tariff
    • 2018, Tuomo Pekkanen, Sinae telonia mercibus Americanis imposuerunt , Nuntii Latini 6.4.2018:
      Sinae telonia mercibus Americanis imposuerunt.
      The Chinese have imposed tariffs on American goods.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative telōnium telōnia
Genitive telōniī
telōnī1		 telōniōrum
Dative telōniō telōniīs
Accusative telōnium telōnia
Ablative telōniō telōniīs
Vocative telōnium telōnia

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

Derived terms
  • telōniārius/telōnārius

References
  • “telonium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • telonium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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