sellarius

Latin

Etymology

sella (“seat, couch”) +‎ -ārius (“-er”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /selˈlaː.ri.us/, [s̠ɛlˈlʲäːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /selˈla.ri.us/, [selˈläːrius]

Noun

sellārius m (genitive sellāriī or sellārī); second declension

1. male prostitute, ^†sellary
   • c. 117 CE, Tacitus, Annales 6.1:

     tuncque primum ignota antea vocabula reperta sunt sellariorum et spintriarum ex foeditate loci

     • 1598 translation by Richard Greenway^[1]

       Then first of all were those vnknowen words of Sellaries and Spintries found out of the filthines of the place.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sellārius	sellāriī
Genitive	sellāriī sellārī1	sellāriōrum
Dative	sellāriō	sellāriīs
Accusative	sellārium	sellāriōs
Ablative	sellāriō	sellāriīs
Vocative	sellārī	sellāriī

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

Descendants

• → English: sellary