beneficiarius

Latin

Etymology

From beneficium (“benefit, favor”) +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /be.ne.fi.kiˈaː.ri.us/, [bɛnɛfɪkiˈäːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /be.ne.fi.t͡ʃiˈa.ri.us/, [benefit͡ʃiˈäːrius]

Noun

beneficiārius m (genitive beneficiāriī or beneficiārī); second declension

1. (mostly plural) privileged soldier who is exempt from certain duties

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	beneficiārius	beneficiāriī
genitive	beneficiāriī beneficiārī1	beneficiāriōrum
dative	beneficiāriō	beneficiāriīs
accusative	beneficiārium	beneficiāriōs
ablative	beneficiāriō	beneficiāriīs
vocative	beneficiārie	beneficiāriī

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

Adjective

beneficiārius (feminine beneficiāria, neuter beneficiārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. pertaining to a favor

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	beneficiārius	beneficiāria	beneficiārium		beneficiāriī	beneficiāriae	beneficiāria
genitive	beneficiāriī	beneficiāriae	beneficiāriī		beneficiāriōrum	beneficiāriārum	beneficiāriōrum
dative	beneficiāriō	beneficiāriae	beneficiāriō		beneficiāriīs
accusative	beneficiārium	beneficiāriam	beneficiārium		beneficiāriōs	beneficiāriās	beneficiāria
ablative	beneficiāriō	beneficiāriā	beneficiāriō		beneficiāriīs
vocative	beneficiārie	beneficiāria	beneficiārium		beneficiāriī	beneficiāriae	beneficiāria

References

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