-arius

See also: Arius and Aríus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.ri.us/, [ˈäːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ri.us/, [ˈäːrius]

Etymology 1

From earlier Proto-Italic *-ās-(i)jo- (cf. Oscan sakrasias and Umbrian plenasier), formed from *-āso- (from PIE *-eh₂so-, cf. the Hittite appurtenance suffix -ašša-), extended with the relational adjectival suffix *-yós (“belonging to”).

Suffix

-ārius (feminine -āria, neuter -ārium); first/second-declension suffix

2. Used to form adjectives from nouns or numerals.

   ‎camera (“vault, arch”) + ‎-ārius → ‎camerārius (“climbing, creeping”)

   ‎ordō (“line, row”) + ‎-ārius → ‎ordinārius (“ordinary, of the rank and file”)

   ‎quaternī (“four at a time, by fours”) + ‎-ārius → ‎quaternārius (“quaternary”)

Usage notes

The nominative neuter form -arium, when appended to nouns, forms derivative nouns denoting a “place where things are kept”.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	-ārius	-āria	-ārium		-āriī	-āriae	-āria
Genitive	-āriī	-āriae	-āriī		-āriōrum	-āriārum	-āriōrum
Dative	-āriō		-āriō		-āriīs
Accusative	-ārium	-āriam	-ārium		-āriōs	-āriās	-āria
Ablative	-āriō	-āriā	-āriō		-āriīs
Vocative	-ārie	-āria	-ārium		-āriī	-āriae	-āria

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -arius (adjective)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Suffix

-ārius m (genitive -āriī or -ārī); second declension

2. (masculine only) -er; Used to form nouns denoting an agent of use, such as a dealer or artisan, from other nouns.

   ‎argentum (“silver”) + ‎-ārius → ‎argentārius (“banker”)

   ‎avicula (“little bird”) + ‎-ārius → ‎aviculārius (“bird keeper”)

   ‎rēte (“net”) + ‎-ārius → ‎rētiārius (“net fighter”)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	-ārius	-āriī
Genitive	-āriī -ārī1	-āriōrum
Dative	-āriō	-āriīs
Accusative	-ārium	-āriōs
Ablative	-āriō	-āriīs
Vocative	-ārie	-āriī

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

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -arius (agent noun)

Descendants

Descendants of -arius

• Eastern Romance:
  • Aromanian: -ar, -aru
  • Romanian: -ar, -ariu (Archaic)
• Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Corsican: -aghju
  • Italian: -aio
  • Sicilian: -aru
• Old French: -ier
  • Middle French: -er, -ier (typically early Middle French)
    • French: -ier
    • → English: -eer
  • → Italian: -iere
  • → Old Irish: -aire
    • Irish: -aire
    • Scottish Gaelic: -air
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: -er, -era
  • Occitan: -ièr
  • Sicilian: -eri, -era
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: -âr
• Venetan: -aro, -ar, -er
• West Iberian:
  • Old Leonese:
    • Asturian: -eru
  • Old Galician-Portuguese:
    • Portuguese: -eiro
    • Galician: -eiro
  • Old Spanish:
    • Spanish: -ero
• → Albanian: -ar
• → Asturian: -ariu
• → Catalan: -ari
• → English: -ary, -arian
• → French: -aire
  • → German: -är
• → Galician: -ario
• → German: -ar
• → Greek: -άρης (-áris)
• → Italian: -ario
• → Occitan: -ari
• → Portuguese: -ário
• → Proto-Germanic: *-ārijaz (see there for further descendants)
  • Gothic: -𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (-āreis)
    • → Proto-Slavic: *-ařь (see there for further descendants)
• → Sicilian: -àriu
• → Spanish: -ario
• → Basque: -ari