incendiarius

Latin

Etymology

From incendium (“conflagration”) +‎ -ārius, from incendō (“set on fire, kindle”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.ken.diˈaː.ri.us/, [ɪŋkɛn̪d̪iˈäːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.t͡ʃen.diˈa.ri.us/, [in̠ʲt͡ʃen̪d̪iˈäːrius]

Adjective

incendiārius (feminine incendiāria, neuter incendiārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. causing a conflagration, setting on fire

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	incendiārius	incendiāria	incendiārium		incendiāriī	incendiāriae	incendiāria
genitive	incendiāriī	incendiāriae	incendiāriī		incendiāriōrum	incendiāriārum	incendiāriōrum
dative	incendiāriō	incendiāriae	incendiāriō		incendiāriīs
accusative	incendiārium	incendiāriam	incendiārium		incendiāriōs	incendiāriās	incendiāria
ablative	incendiāriō	incendiāriā	incendiāriō		incendiāriīs
vocative	incendiārie	incendiāria	incendiārium		incendiāriī	incendiāriae	incendiāria

Related terms

• incendefaciō
• incendiālis
• incendiōsus
• incendium
• incendō
• incensiō
• incensor
• incensum
• incensus

Descendants

• Catalan: incendiari
• English: incendiary
• French: incendiaire
• Italian: incendiario
• Portuguese: incendiário
• Romanian: incendiar
• Spanish: incendiario

Noun

incendiārius m (genitive incendiāriī or incendiārī); second declension

1. an incendiary; firestarter
2. an arsonist

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	incendiārius	incendiāriī
genitive	incendiāriī incendiārī1	incendiāriōrum
dative	incendiāriō	incendiāriīs
accusative	incendiārium	incendiāriōs
ablative	incendiāriō	incendiāriīs
vocative	incendiārie	incendiāriī

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

References

• “incendiarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “incendiarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• incendiarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.