sellarius

Latin

Etymology

sella (“seat, couch”) +‎ -ārius (“-er”)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sellārius m (genitive sellāriī or sellārī); second declension

1. male prostitute, sellary
   • c. 117 CE, Tacitus, Annales 6.1:

     tuncque primum ignota antea vocabula reperta sunt sellariorum et spintriarum ex foeditate loci

     • 1598 translation by Richard Greenway^[1]

       Then first of all were those vnknowen words of Sellaries and Spintries found out of the filthines of the place.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sellārius	sellāriī
genitive	sellāriī sellārī1	sellāriōrum
dative	sellāriō	sellāriīs
accusative	sellārium	sellāriōs
ablative	sellāriō	sellāriīs
vocative	sellārī	sellāriī

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

Descendants

• → English: sellary (learned)