carbonarius

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.?

Latin carbō

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -ārius

Latin carbōnārius

From carbō (“charcoal, coal”) + -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kar.boːˈnaː.ri.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kar.boˈnaː.ri.us]

Adjective

carbōnārius (feminine carbōnāria, neuter carbōnārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or relating to charcoal
2. charcoal-grey

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	carbōnārius	carbōnāria	carbōnārium		carbōnāriī	carbōnāriae	carbōnāria
genitive	carbōnāriī	carbōnāriae	carbōnāriī		carbōnāriōrum	carbōnāriārum	carbōnāriōrum
dative	carbōnāriō	carbōnāriae	carbōnāriō		carbōnāriīs
accusative	carbōnārium	carbōnāriam	carbōnārium		carbōnāriōs	carbōnāriās	carbōnāria
ablative	carbōnāriō	carbōnāriā	carbōnāriō		carbōnāriīs
vocative	carbōnārie	carbōnāria	carbōnārium		carbōnāriī	carbōnāriae	carbōnāria

Noun

carbōnārius m (genitive carbōnāriī or carbōnārī); second declension

1. charcoal burner
2. collier

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	carbōnārius	carbōnāriī
genitive	carbōnāriī carbōnārī1	carbōnāriōrum
dative	carbōnāriō	carbōnāriīs
accusative	carbōnārium	carbōnāriōs
ablative	carbōnāriō	carbōnāriīs
vocative	carbōnārie	carbōnāriī

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

Related terms

• carbonaria

Descendants

• Aromanian: cãrbunar
• French: charbonnier
  • → English: charbonnier
• Friulian: cjarvonâr, čharvonâr
• Italian: carbonaio, carbonario
• Portuguese: carvoeiro
• Romagnol: carbunêr
• Romanian: cărbunar
• Sardinian: carbonaju, calbunàju, carbonàrgiu, carbonarju
• Spanish: carbonero

References

• “carbonarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “carbonarius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.