calcarius

See also: Calcarius

Latin

Etymology

From calx (“lime”) +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kalˈkaː.ri.us/, [käɫ̪ˈkäːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kalˈka.ri.us/, [kälˈkäːrius]

Adjective

calcārius (feminine calcāria, neuter calcārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of or pertaining to lime.
2. Designed for burning lime.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	calcārius	calcāria	calcārium		calcāriī	calcāriae	calcāria
Genitive	calcāriī	calcāriae	calcāriī		calcāriōrum	calcāriārum	calcāriōrum
Dative	calcāriō		calcāriō		calcāriīs
Accusative	calcārium	calcāriam	calcārium		calcāriōs	calcāriās	calcāria
Ablative	calcāriō	calcāriā	calcāriō		calcāriīs
Vocative	calcārie	calcāria	calcārium		calcāriī	calcāriae	calcāria

Derived terms

• calcāria
• calcāriārius
• calcāriēnsis

 

Related terms

• calcifraga
• calculus
• calculārius
• calculātiō
• calculātor
• calculātōrius
• calculēnsis
• calculō
• calculōsus

 

Descendants

• Catalan: calcari
• English: calcareous
• French: calcaire
• Italian: calcareo
• Portuguese: calcário
• Romanian: calcar
• Spanish: calcáreo

Noun

calcārius m (genitive calcāriī or calcārī); second declension

1. A lime-burner.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	calcārius	calcāriī
Genitive	calcāriī calcārī1	calcāriōrum
Dative	calcāriō	calcāriīs
Accusative	calcārium	calcāriōs
Ablative	calcāriō	calcāriīs
Vocative	calcārie	calcāriī

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

References

• “calcarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• calcarius 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)
• calcarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
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  • (ambiguous) to spur, urge a person on: calcaria alicui adhibere, admovere; stimulos alicui admovere