antiquarius

Latin

Etymology

From antīquus (“ancient”) +‎ -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /an.tiːˈkʷaː.ri.us/, [än̪t̪iːˈkʷäːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /an.tiˈkwa.ri.us/, [än̪t̪iˈkwäːrius]

Adjective

antīquārius (feminine antīquāria, neuter antīquārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. ancient, antique (from antiquity)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	antīquārius	antīquāria	antīquārium		antīquāriī	antīquāriae	antīquāria
Genitive	antīquāriī	antīquāriae	antīquāriī		antīquāriōrum	antīquāriārum	antīquāriōrum
Dative	antīquāriō		antīquāriō		antīquāriīs
Accusative	antīquārium	antīquāriam	antīquārium		antīquāriōs	antīquāriās	antīquāria
Ablative	antīquāriō	antīquāriā	antīquāriō		antīquāriīs
Vocative	antīquārie	antīquāria	antīquārium		antīquāriī	antīquāriae	antīquāria

Noun

antīquārius m (genitive antīquāriī or antīquārī); second declension

1. antiquarian, antiquary (especially a student of ancient manuscripts)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	antīquārius	antīquāriī
Genitive	antīquāriī antīquārī1	antīquāriōrum
Dative	antīquāriō	antīquāriīs
Accusative	antīquārium	antīquāriōs
Ablative	antīquāriō	antīquāriīs
Vocative	antīquārie	antīquāriī

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

Descendants

• → Catalan: antiquari
• → French: antiquaire
• → Galician: anticuario
• → Italian: antiquario
• → Portuguese: antiquário
• → Sicilian: anticariu
• → Spanish: anticuario

References

• “antiquarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “antiquarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• antiquarius 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)
• antiquarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• antiquarius in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016