scalarius
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From scālae (“ladder”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /skaːˈlaː.ri.us/, [s̠käːˈɫ̪äːriʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /skaˈla.ri.us/, [skäˈläːrius]
Noun[edit]
scālārius m (genitive scālāriī or scālārī); second declension
- A maker of staircases.
- A fireman responsible for the ladders.
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | scālārius | scālāriī |
| Genitive | scālāriī scālārī1 |
scālāriōrum |
| Dative | scālāriō | scālāriīs |
| Accusative | scālārium | scālāriōs |
| Ablative | scālāriō | scālāriīs |
| Vocative | scālārie | scālāriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- scalarius 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)
- scalarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- scalarius in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016