armentarius

Latin

Etymology

From armentum (“herd, livestock, cattle”) +‎ -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ar.menˈtaː.ri.us/, [ärmɛn̪ˈt̪äːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ar.menˈta.ri.us/, [ärmen̪ˈt̪äːrius]

Adjective

armentārius (feminine armentāria, neuter armentārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) livestock

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	arcuārius	arcuāria	arcuārium		arcuāriī	arcuāriae	arcuāria
Genitive	arcuāriī	arcuāriae	arcuāriī		arcuāriōrum	arcuāriārum	arcuāriōrum
Dative	arcuāriō		arcuāriō		arcuāriīs
Accusative	arcuārium	arcuāriam	arcuārium		arcuāriōs	arcuāriās	arcuāria
Ablative	arcuāriō	arcuāriā	arcuāriō		arcuāriīs
Vocative	arcuārie	arcuāria	arcuārium		arcuāriī	arcuāriae	arcuāria

Noun

armentārius m (genitive armentāriī or armentārī); second declension

1. herdsman
2. cowboy

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	armentārius	armentāriī
Genitive	armentāriī armentārī1	armentāriōrum
Dative	armentāriō	armentāriīs
Accusative	armentārium	armentāriōs
Ablative	armentāriō	armentāriīs
Vocative	armentārie	armentāriī

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

Descendants

• → Italian: armentario (learned)

References

• “armentarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “armentarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• armentarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.