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cancellarius

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Latin

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Etymology

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From cancelli (a door of bars) +‎ -arius.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cancellārius m (genitive cancellāriī or cancellārī); second declension

  1. A kind of porter, doorkeeper.
  2. A secretary.

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cancellārius cancellāriī
genitive cancellāriī
cancellārī1
cancellāriōrum
dative cancellāriō cancellāriīs
accusative cancellārium cancellāriōs
ablative cancellāriō cancellāriīs
vocative cancellārie cancellāriī

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

Descendants

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Adjective

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cancellārius (feminine cancellāria, neuter cancellārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. imprisoned (living or kept behind bars)

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

References

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  • cancellarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cancellarius 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)
  • cancellarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • cancellarius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cancellarius in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • cancellarius”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Further reading

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