apiarius
Latin
Etymology
apis (“a bee”) + -ārius (“agent of use”, “-keeper”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /a.piˈaː.ri.us/, [äpiˈäːriʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.piˈa.ri.us/, [äpiˈäːrius]
Noun
apiārius m (genitive apiāriī or apiārī); second declension
- an apiarist, an apiculturist, a beekeeper
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | apiārius | apiāriī |
| Genitive | apiāriī apiārī1 |
apiāriōrum |
| Dative | apiāriō | apiāriīs |
| Accusative | apiārium | apiāriōs |
| Ablative | apiāriō | apiāriīs |
| Vocative | apiārie | apiāriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Synonyms
- (apiarist, apiculturist, beekeeper): cīdlārius (Mediaeval)
Descendants
- Sardinian: abialzu
References
- “ăpĭārĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ăpĭārĭus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 141/1.
- “apiārius” on page 147/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)