arietarius

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Latin

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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arietārius (feminine arietāria, neuter arietārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. relating to the battering ram
    • Vitruvius Pollio, De Architectura 10.13:
      is autem, quod tardos conatus habuerat, testudinem arietariam appellare coepit.
      • Translation by Morris Hicky Morgan
        As the machine made but slow progress, he first gave it the name of the tortoise of the ram.

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

References

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