ferentarius

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (to pierce, strike). Cognate with Latin feriō (I hit), Latin forō (I bore), English berry (to beat, thrash).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ferentārius m (genitive ferentāriī or ferentārī); second declension

  1. (military) A member of a sort of light troop, who fought with missile weapons

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ferentārius ferentāriī
Genitive ferentāriī
ferentārī1
ferentāriōrum
Dative ferentāriō ferentāriīs
Accusative ferentārium ferentāriōs
Ablative ferentāriō ferentāriīs
Vocative ferentārie ferentāriī

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

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “bher-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 134-135