plumbarius

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin plumbum

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āsjos

Latin -ārius

Latin plumbārius

From plumbum (“lead”) + -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

plumbārius (feminine plumbāria, neuter plumbārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of or pertaining to lead.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	plumbārius	plumbāria	plumbārium		plumbāriī	plumbāriae	plumbāria
genitive	plumbāriī	plumbāriae	plumbāriī		plumbāriōrum	plumbāriārum	plumbāriōrum
dative	plumbāriō	plumbāriae	plumbāriō		plumbāriīs
accusative	plumbārium	plumbāriam	plumbārium		plumbāriōs	plumbāriās	plumbāria
ablative	plumbāriō	plumbāriā	plumbāriō		plumbāriīs
vocative	plumbārie	plumbāria	plumbārium		plumbāriī	plumbāriae	plumbāria

Synonyms

• (of or pertaining to lead): plumbeus

Derived terms

• plumbārium

Noun

plumbārius m (genitive plumbāriī or plumbārī); second declension

1. A plumber.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	plumbārius	plumbāriī
genitive	plumbāriī plumbārī1	plumbāriōrum
dative	plumbāriō	plumbāriīs
accusative	plumbārium	plumbāriōs
ablative	plumbāriō	plumbāriīs
vocative	plumbārie	plumbāriī

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

Related terms

• plumbāgo
• plumbātūra
• plumbātus
• plumbea
• plumbeum
• plumbeus
• plumbō
• plumbōsus
• plumbum

Descendants

• Catalan: plomer
• Italian: piombaio, plumbario
• Occitan: plombièr
• Old French: plummier
  • → English: plumber
    • → Irish: pluiméir
    • → Welsh: plymer
  • French: plombier
• Portuguese: chumbeiro
• Romanian: plumbar
• Spanish: plomero
• Venetan: pionber

References

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