macellarius

Latin

Etymology

From macellum (“provision market”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ma.kelˈlaː.ri.us/, [mäkɛlˈlʲäːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.t͡ʃelˈla.ri.us/, [mät͡ʃelˈläːrius]

Adjective

macellārius (feminine macellāria, neuter macellārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) butcher or meat seller

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	macellārius	macellāria	macellārium		macellāriī	macellāriae	macellāria
Genitive	macellāriī	macellāriae	macellāriī		macellāriōrum	macellāriārum	macellāriōrum
Dative	macellāriō		macellāriō		macellāriīs
Accusative	macellārium	macellāriam	macellārium		macellāriōs	macellāriās	macellāria
Ablative	macellāriō	macellāriā	macellāriō		macellāriīs
Vocative	macellārie	macellāria	macellārium		macellāriī	macellāriae	macellāria

Noun

macellārius m (genitive macellāriī or macellārī); second declension

1. butcher
2. slaughterhouse

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	macellārius	macellāriī
Genitive	macellāriī macellārī1	macellāriōrum
Dative	macellāriō	macellāriīs
Accusative	macellārium	macellāriōs
Ablative	macellāriō	macellāriīs
Vocative	macellārie	macellāriī

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

Synonyms

• lanius

Descendants

• Greek: μακελάρης (makeláris)
• Italian: macellaio
• Romanian: măcelar
• Romansch: mazler
• Sardinian: macedhaju

References

• “macellarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• macellarius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• macellarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.