telonium

Latin

Alternative forms

• telōneum (collateral)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /teˈloː.ni.um/, [t̪ɛˈɫ̪oːniʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /teˈlo.ni.um/, [t̪eˈlɔːnium]

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 [1], Nuntii Latini 6.4.2018:

     Sinae telonia mercibus Americanis imposuerunt.

     The Chinese have imposed tariffs on American goods.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	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.