ocularius

Latin

Etymology

From oculus (“eye”) +‎ -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /o.kuˈlaː.ri.us/, [ɔkʊˈɫ̪äːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o.kuˈla.ri.us/, [okuˈläːrius]

Adjective

oculārius (feminine oculāria, neuter oculārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to the eyes

   Synonym: oculāris

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	oculārius	oculāria	oculārium		oculāriī	oculāriae	oculāria
Genitive	oculāriī	oculāriae	oculāriī		oculāriōrum	oculāriārum	oculāriōrum
Dative	oculāriō		oculāriō		oculāriīs
Accusative	oculārium	oculāriam	oculārium		oculāriōs	oculāriās	oculāria
Ablative	oculāriō	oculāriā	oculāriō		oculāriīs
Vocative	oculārie	oculāria	oculārium		oculāriī	oculāriae	oculāria

Noun

oculārius m (genitive oculāriī or oculārī); second declension

1. oculist (eye doctor)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	oculārius	oculāriī
Genitive	oculāriī oculārī1	oculāriōrum
Dative	oculāriō	oculāriīs
Accusative	oculārium	oculāriōs
Ablative	oculāriō	oculāriīs
Vocative	oculārie	oculāriī

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

Related terms

• monoculus
• oculāre
• oculāriārius
• oculāris
• oculāriter
• oculāta
• oculātus
• oculeus
• oculitus
• oculō
• oculus

 

References

• “ocularius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ocularius 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)
• ocularius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “ocularius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers