frumentarius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fruː.menˈtaː.ri.us/, [fruːmɛn̪ˈt̪äːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fru.menˈta.ri.us/, [frumen̪ˈt̪äːrius]

Adjective

frūmentārius (feminine frūmentāria, neuter frūmentārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) grain, corn (especially concerning its supply)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	frūmentārius	frūmentāria	frūmentārium		frūmentāriī	frūmentāriae	frūmentāria
Genitive	frūmentāriī	frūmentāriae	frūmentāriī		frūmentāriōrum	frūmentāriārum	frūmentāriōrum
Dative	frūmentāriō		frūmentāriō		frūmentāriīs
Accusative	frūmentārium	frūmentāriam	frūmentārium		frūmentāriōs	frūmentāriās	frūmentāria
Ablative	frūmentāriō	frūmentāriā	frūmentāriō		frūmentāriīs
Vocative	frūmentārie	frūmentāria	frūmentārium		frūmentāriī	frūmentāriae	frūmentāria

References

• “frumentarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “frumentarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• frumentarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • want of corn; scarcity in the corn-market: inopia (opp. copia) rei frumentariae
    
  • to look after the commissariat: rem frumentariam comparare, providere
    
  • to look after the commissariat: rei frumentariae prospicere (B. G. 1. 23)