insularius

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From īnsula (island), also used figuratively to refer to a house for the poor.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

īnsulārius m (genitive īnsulāriī or īnsulārī); second declension

  1. A tenant in an īnsula

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative īnsulārius īnsulāriī
Genitive īnsulāriī
īnsulārī1
īnsulāriōrum
Dative īnsulāriō īnsulāriīs
Accusative īnsulārium īnsulāriōs
Ablative īnsulāriō īnsulāriīs
Vocative īnsulārie īnsulāriī

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

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

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