hordearius
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From hordeum (“barley”) + -ārius
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /hor.deˈaː.ri.us/, [hɔrd̪eˈäːriʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /or.deˈa.ri.us/, [ord̪eˈäːrius]
Adjective
[edit]hordeārius (feminine hordeāria, neuter hordeārium); first/second-declension adjective
- of or relating to barley
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | hordeārius | hordeāria | hordeārium | hordeāriī | hordeāriae | hordeāria | |
| genitive | hordeāriī | hordeāriae | hordeāriī | hordeāriōrum | hordeāriārum | hordeāriōrum | |
| dative | hordeāriō | hordeāriae | hordeāriō | hordeāriīs | |||
| accusative | hordeārium | hordeāriam | hordeārium | hordeāriōs | hordeāriās | hordeāria | |
| ablative | hordeāriō | hordeāriā | hordeāriō | hordeāriīs | |||
| vocative | hordeārie | hordeāria | hordeārium | hordeāriī | hordeāriae | hordeāria | |
Noun
[edit]hordeārius m
- (slang) gladiator
- Pliny, Naturalis Historia 18.14:
- Antiquissimum in cibis hordeum, sicut Atheniensium ritu Menandro auctore apparet et gladiatorum cognomine, qui hordearii vocabantur.
- Barley is one of the most ancient aliments of man, a fact that is proved by a custom of the Athenians, mentioned by Menander, as also by the name of "hordearii," that used to be given to gladiators.
- Antiquissimum in cibis hordeum, sicut Atheniensium ritu Menandro auctore apparet et gladiatorum cognomine, qui hordearii vocabantur.
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hordeārius | hordeāriī |
| genitive | hordeāriī hordeārī1 |
hordeāriōrum |
| dative | hordeāriō | hordeāriīs |
| accusative | hordeārium | hordeāriōs |
| ablative | hordeāriō | hordeāriīs |
| vocative | hordeārie | hordeāriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
[edit]- “hordearius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “hordearius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "hordearius", 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)
- hordearius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “hordearius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “hordearius”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin