bannarius

Latin

Alternative forms

• bannērius

Etymology

bannus (“ban, jurisdiction”) +‎ -ārius

Noun

bannārius m (genitive bannāriī); second declension

1. sergeant, watchman
   • 1023, Fulk III of Anjou, “Charta donationis pro monasterio S. Nicolai”, in Patrologia Latina, volume 155, published 1854, column 482:

     Si vinum meum cum banno vendidero, bannerius meus torrentulum de Barra non transibit causa capiendi vasa ementium monachorum vinum.

     If I should sell my wine under a sales monopoly, my sergeant will not cross the little stream of Barra to seize the vessels of monks who are buying wine.

2. a person subject to a certain jurisdiction

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bannārius	bannāriī
Genitive	bannāriī	bannāriōrum
Dative	bannāriō	bannāriīs
Accusative	bannārium	bannāriōs
Ablative	bannāriō	bannāriīs
Vocative	bannārie	bannāriī

References

• bannerii 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)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “bannarius”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill