clavicularius

Latin

Etymology

From clāvicula (“little key”) +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /klaː.u̯i.kuˈlaː.ri.us/, [kɫ̪äːu̯ɪkʊˈɫ̪äːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kla.vi.kuˈla.ri.us/, [klävikuˈläːrius]

Noun

clāviculārius m (genitive clāviculāriī or clāviculārī); second declension

1. jailer

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	clāviculārius	clāviculāriī
genitive	clāviculāriī clāviculārī1	clāviculāriōrum
dative	clāviculāriō	clāviculāriīs
accusative	clāviculārium	clāviculāriōs
ablative	clāviculāriō	clāviculāriīs
vocative	clāviculārie	clāviculāriī

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

Related terms

• clāvicārius
• clāvīcula
• clāviger
• clāvis
• conclāve
• sub clāve

References

• "clavicularius", 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)