lintearius

Latin

Alternative forms

• lintheārius (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

linteum (“[a piece of] linen cloth”) +‎ -ārius (suffix forming adjectives, as well as substantives in the sense “dealer in”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /lin.teˈaː.ri.us/, [lʲɪn̪t̪eˈäːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lin.teˈa.ri.us/, [lin̪t̪eˈäːrius]

Adjective

linteārius (feminine linteāria, neuter linteārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. of, belonging to, or relating to linen

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	linteārius	linteāria	linteārium		linteāriī	linteāriae	linteāria
genitive	linteāriī	linteāriae	linteāriī		linteāriōrum	linteāriārum	linteāriōrum
dative	linteāriō	linteāriae	linteāriō		linteāriīs
accusative	linteārium	linteāriam	linteārium		linteāriōs	linteāriās	linteāria
ablative	linteāriō	linteāriā	linteāriō		linteāriīs
vocative	linteārie	linteāria	linteārium		linteāriī	linteāriae	linteāria

Derived terms

• linteāria
• linteārius (noun)

Descendants

• English: lintearious

Noun

linteārius m (genitive linteāriī or linteārī); second declension

1. (male) weaver of or dealer in linen

   Synonyms: līnārius, linteō

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	linteārius	linteāriī
genitive	linteāriī linteārī1	linteāriōrum
dative	linteāriō	linteāriīs
accusative	linteārium	linteāriōs
ablative	linteāriō	linteāriīs
vocative	linteārie	linteāriī

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

References

• Linthearii 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)
• lintĕārĭus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 913/3.
• “linteārius” on page 1,033/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)