perpetuarius

Latin

Etymology

From perpetuus (“perpetual, everlasting”) +‎ -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /per.pe.tuˈaː.ri.us/, [pɛrpɛt̪uˈäːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /per.pe.tuˈa.ri.us/, [perpet̪uˈäːrius]

Adjective

perpetuārius (feminine perpetuāria, neuter perpetuārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. constant, permanent
2. always employed, constantly engaged in any business or calling

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	perpetuārius	perpetuāria	perpetuārium		perpetuāriī	perpetuāriae	perpetuāria
genitive	perpetuāriī	perpetuāriae	perpetuāriī		perpetuāriōrum	perpetuāriārum	perpetuāriōrum
dative	perpetuāriō	perpetuāriae	perpetuāriō		perpetuāriīs
accusative	perpetuārium	perpetuāriam	perpetuārium		perpetuāriōs	perpetuāriās	perpetuāria
ablative	perpetuāriō	perpetuāriā	perpetuāriō		perpetuāriīs
vocative	perpetuārie	perpetuāria	perpetuārium		perpetuāriī	perpetuāriae	perpetuāria

Noun

perpetuārius m (genitive perpetuāriī or perpetuārī); second declension

1. a fee farmer, hereditary tenant

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	perpetuārius	perpetuāriī
genitive	perpetuāriī perpetuārī1	perpetuāriōrum
dative	perpetuāriō	perpetuāriīs
accusative	perpetuārium	perpetuāriōs
ablative	perpetuāriō	perpetuāriīs
vocative	perpetuārie	perpetuāriī

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

References

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