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argentarius

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Latin

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Etymology

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From argentum (silver) +‎ -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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argentārius m (genitive argentāriī or argentārī); second declension

  1. banker, money changer

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative argentārius argentāriī
genitive argentāriī
argentārī1
argentāriōrum
dative argentāriō argentāriīs
accusative argentārium argentāriōs
ablative argentāriō argentāriīs
vocative argentārie argentāriī

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

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: argenter
  • French: argentier (silversmith)
  • Italian: argentaio, argentario
  • Romanian: argintar (silversmith)
  • Spanish: argentero

Adjective

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argentārius (feminine argentāria, neuter argentārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. silvern
  2. monetary
  3. financial
  4. (relational) banking

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

References

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  • argentarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • argentarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • argentarius 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)
  • argentarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be a banker: argentariam facere (Verr. 5. 59. 155)
    • to close one's bank, give up banking: argentariam dissolvere (Caecin. 4. 11)