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-ārius m. (feminine -āria, neuter -ārium); first/second declension
- Used to form adjectives from nouns or numerals.
- camerārius (“‘climbing, creeping’”) < camera (“‘vault, arch’”)
- ordinārius (“‘ordinary, of the rank and file’”) < ordō (“‘line, row’”)
- quaternārius (“‘quaternary’”) < quaternī (“‘four at a time, by fours’”)
- (masculine only) Used to form nouns denoting an agent of use, such as a dealer or artisan, from other nouns.
- argentārius (“‘banker’”) < argentum (“‘silver’”)
- aviculārius (“‘bird keeper’”) < avicula (“‘little bird’”)
- rētiārius (“‘net fighter’”) < rēte (“‘net’”)
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