gregarius

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin grex

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -arius

Latin gregārius

From grex (“flock, herd”) + -arius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɡrɛˈɡaː.ri.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ɡreˈɡaː.ri.us]

Adjective

gregārius (feminine gregāria, neuter gregārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. of the herd
2. common

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gregārius	gregāria	gregārium		gregāriī	gregāriae	gregāria
genitive	gregāriī	gregāriae	gregāriī		gregāriōrum	gregāriārum	gregāriōrum
dative	gregāriō	gregāriae	gregāriō		gregāriīs
accusative	gregārium	gregāriam	gregārium		gregāriōs	gregāriās	gregāria
ablative	gregāriō	gregāriā	gregāriō		gregāriīs
vocative	gregārie	gregāria	gregārium		gregāriī	gregāriae	gregāria

Related terms

• gregālis
• gregātim
• grex

Descendants

• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: gargagiu (“kid”)

Borrowings:

• → French: grégaire
  • → Romanian: gregar
• → Italian: gregario
• → Portuguese: gregário
• → Spanish: gregario
• ⇒ English: gregarious

References

• “gregarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “gregarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "gregarius", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “gregarius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)