auxiliarius
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From auxilium (“help”) + -ārius (“-er”).
Noun
[edit]auxiliārius m (genitive auxiliāriī or auxiliārī); second declension
- (in the plural) auxiliaries (troops)
- assistant
- ally
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | auxiliārius | auxiliāriī |
| genitive | auxiliāriī auxiliārī1 |
auxiliāriōrum |
| dative | auxiliāriō | auxiliāriīs |
| accusative | auxiliārium | auxiliāriōs |
| ablative | auxiliāriō | auxiliāriīs |
| vocative | auxiliārie | auxiliāriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → English: auxiliary
- → Italian: ausiliario
References
[edit]- “auxiliarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “auxiliarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- auxiliarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.