vexillarius

Latin

Etymology

From vēxillum +‎ -arius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯eːk.silˈlaː.ri.us/, [u̯eːks̠ɪlˈlʲäːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vek.silˈla.ri.us/, [veɡzilˈläːrius]

Noun

vēxillārius m (genitive vēxillāriī or vēxillārī); second declension

1. standard-bearer

   Synonym: vēxillifer

2. chief of a group, gang
3. (military, in the plural) re-enlisted veterans

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vēxillārius	vēxillāriī
Genitive	vēxillāriī vēxillārī1	vēxillāriōrum
Dative	vēxillāriō	vēxillāriīs
Accusative	vēxillārium	vēxillāriōs
Ablative	vēxillāriō	vēxillāriīs
Vocative	vēxillārie	vēxillāriī

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

Descendants

• → English: vexillary
• → French: vexillaire
• → Italian: vessillario
• → Portuguese: vexilário

References

• “vexillarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vexillarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.