pernarius

Latin

Etymology

perna (“haunch of ham”) +‎ -ārius (suffix forming agent nouns of use, viz. a dealer)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /perˈnaː.ri.us/, [pɛrˈnäːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /perˈna.ri.us/, [perˈnäːrius]

Noun

pernārius m (genitive pernāriī or pernārī); second declension

1. a ham-seller

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pernārius	pernāriī
genitive	pernāriī pernārī1	pernāriōrum
dative	pernāriō	pernāriīs
accusative	pernārium	pernāriōs
ablative	pernāriō	pernāriīs
vocative	pernārie	pernāriī

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

References

• “pernārĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pernarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.