baiulus

Latin

Alternative forms

• bajulus

Etymology

Unknown. It easily is some non-Indo-European substrate vocabulary via employment of foreign workers, though per de Vaan it could have been borrowed through Germanic (compare *pakkô) or Celtic.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbai̯.i̯u.lus/, [ˈbäi̯ːʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ju.lus/, [ˈbäːjulus]

Noun

baiulus m (genitive baiulī); second declension

1. a carrier: a porter
2. one who carries an activity out or on, particularly:
   1. a manager: a steward or (Medieval Latin) bailiff
   2. an administrator

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	baiulus	baiulī
Genitive	baiulī	baiulōrum
Dative	baiulō	baiulīs
Accusative	baiulum	baiulōs
Ablative	baiulō	baiulīs
Vocative	baiule	baiulī

Derived terms

• baiulō
• *baiulīvus
• sūtriballus

Descendants

• Italian: baiulo, baglio, balio
• Romanian: baieră
• Spanish: baile

References

• Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “baiulus”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎^[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 64
• “baiulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “baiulus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN