tabellarius

Latin

Etymology

From tabella (“letter”) +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ta.belˈlaː.ri.us/, [t̪äbɛlˈlʲäːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ta.belˈla.ri.us/, [t̪äbelˈläːrius]

Adjective

tabellārius (feminine tabellāria, neuter tabellārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) tablets, letters

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	tabellārius	tabellāria	tabellārium		tabellāriī	tabellāriae	tabellāria
Genitive	tabellāriī	tabellāriae	tabellāriī		tabellāriōrum	tabellāriārum	tabellāriōrum
Dative	tabellāriō		tabellāriō		tabellāriīs
Accusative	tabellārium	tabellāriam	tabellārium		tabellāriōs	tabellāriās	tabellāria
Ablative	tabellāriō	tabellāriā	tabellāriō		tabellāriīs
Vocative	tabellārie	tabellāria	tabellārium		tabellāriī	tabellāriae	tabellāria

Noun

tabellārius m (genitive tabellāriī or tabellārī); second declension

1. letter carrier, mail carrier, courier, mailman, postman

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tabellārius	tabellāriī
Genitive	tabellāriī tabellārī1	tabellāriōrum
Dative	tabellāriō	tabellāriīs
Accusative	tabellārium	tabellāriōs
Ablative	tabellāriō	tabellāriīs
Vocative	tabellārie	tabellāriī

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

Related terms

• tabella

References

• “tabellarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tabellarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tabellarius 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)
• tabellarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “tabellarius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tabellarius in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “tabellarius”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin