ferrarius

Latin

Etymology

From ferrum (“iron”) +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ferˈraː.ri.us/, [fɛrˈräːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ferˈra.ri.us/, [ferˈräːrius]

Adjective

ferrārius (feminine ferrāria, neuter ferrārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. of, or relating to iron
2. of, or relating to a blacksmith

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ferrārius	ferrāria	ferrārium		ferrāriī	ferrāriae	ferrāria
genitive	ferrāriī	ferrāriae	ferrāriī		ferrāriōrum	ferrāriārum	ferrāriōrum
dative	ferrāriō	ferrāriae	ferrāriō		ferrāriīs
accusative	ferrārium	ferrāriam	ferrārium		ferrāriōs	ferrāriās	ferrāria
ablative	ferrāriō	ferrāriā	ferrāriō		ferrāriīs
vocative	ferrārie	ferrāria	ferrārium		ferrāriī	ferrāriae	ferrāria

Noun

ferrārius m (genitive ferrāriī or ferrārī); second declension

1. blacksmith

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ferrārius	ferrāriī
genitive	ferrāriī ferrārī1	ferrāriōrum
dative	ferrāriō	ferrāriīs
accusative	ferrārium	ferrāriōs
ablative	ferrāriō	ferrāriīs
vocative	ferrārie	ferrāriī

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

Synonyms

• (blacksmith): ferrāmentārius

Derived terms

• officina ferraria (“smithy”)

Related terms

• errāmentārius
• ferrāmentum
• ferrāria
• ferrātus
• ferreus
• ferrūgināns
• ferrūgineus
• ferrūgō
• ferrum
• ferrūmen

Descendants

• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: ferraxu, ferralzu
• Balkano-Romance:
  • Aromanian: hirar
  • Romanian: fierar
• Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Italian: ferraio
  • Neapolitan: ferraro
  • Sicilian: firraru
  • Venetan: feràr
• Gallo-Italic:
  • Emilian: frèr, frar
  • Ligurian: ferâ, ferê, frè
  • Lombard: frer, ferer, farer
  • Piedmontese: fré
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: ferrer, farrer
    • → Sardinian: ferreri, ferreli
  • Old French: ferrier
    • French: ferrier (dated)
    • → English: farrier
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: ferrer, ferrero
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: ferreiro, fereiro, fereyro, ferreyro
    • Fala: ferreiru
    • Galician: ferreiro
    • Portuguese: ferreiro
      • → Old Tupi: pereru
  • Old Leonese:
    • Asturian: ferreru, ferreiru
    • Leonese: ferreiru
  • Old Spanish: ferrero
    • Spanish: herrero

See also

• faber

References

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