nugatorius

Latin

Etymology

From nūgātor +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /nuː.ɡaːˈtoː.ri.us/, [nuːɡäːˈt̪oːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nu.ɡaˈto.ri.us/, [nuɡäˈt̪ɔːrius]

Adjective

nūgātōrius (feminine nūgātōria, neuter nūgātōrium); first/second-declension adjective

1. nugatory, trifling
2. worthless, useless

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	nūgātōrius	nūgātōria	nūgātōrium		nūgātōriī	nūgātōriae	nūgātōria
Genitive	nūgātōriī	nūgātōriae	nūgātōriī		nūgātōriōrum	nūgātōriārum	nūgātōriōrum
Dative	nūgātōriō		nūgātōriō		nūgātōriīs
Accusative	nūgātōrium	nūgātōriam	nūgātōrium		nūgātōriōs	nūgātōriās	nūgātōria
Ablative	nūgātōriō	nūgātōriā	nūgātōriō		nūgātōriīs
Vocative	nūgātōrie	nūgātōria	nūgātōrium		nūgātōriī	nūgātōriae	nūgātōria

Related terms

• nūgācitās
• nūgae
• nūgālis
• nūgāmenta
• nūgātor
• nūgātrix
• nūgax

Descendants

• English: nugatory

References

• “nugatorius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nugatorius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nugatorius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.