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.