arietarius

Latin

Etymology

• From ariēs (“ram”) +‎ -ārius

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.ri.eˈtaː.ri.us/, [äriɛˈt̪äːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.ri.eˈta.ri.us/, [ärieˈt̪äːrius]

Adjective

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

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	arietārius	arietāria	arietārium		arietāriī	arietāriae	arietāria
genitive	arietāriī	arietāriae	arietāriī		arietāriōrum	arietāriārum	arietāriōrum
dative	arietāriō	arietāriae	arietāriō		arietāriīs
accusative	arietārium	arietāriam	arietārium		arietāriōs	arietāriās	arietāria
ablative	arietāriō	arietāriā	arietāriō		arietāriīs
vocative	arietārie	arietāria	arietārium		arietāriī	arietāriae	arietāria

References

• “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.