litterarius

Latin

Alternative forms

• literārius

Etymology

From littera +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /lit.teˈraː.ri.us/, [lʲɪt̪ːɛˈräːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lit.teˈra.ri.us/, [lit̪ːeˈräːrius]

Adjective

litterārius (feminine litterāria, neuter litterārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. literary (relating to literature)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	litterārius	litterāria	litterārium		litterāriī	litterāriae	litterāria
genitive	litterāriī	litterāriae	litterāriī		litterāriōrum	litterāriārum	litterāriōrum
dative	litterāriō	litterāriae	litterāriō		litterāriīs
accusative	litterārium	litterāriam	litterārium		litterāriōs	litterāriās	litterāria
ablative	litterāriō	litterāriā	litterāriō		litterāriīs
vocative	litterārie	litterāria	litterārium		litterāriī	litterāriae	litterāria

Descendants

• Catalan: literari
• French: littéraire
  • Haitian Creole: literè
  • → Dutch: literair
  • → English: literary
  • → Romanian: literar
• Galician: literario
• Italian: letterario
• Occitan: literari
• Portuguese: literário
• Spanish: literario

References

• “litterarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “litterarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• litterarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• litterarius in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016