plagiarius

Latin

Etymology

From plagium +‎ -ārius.

Noun

plagiārius m (genitive plagiāriī or plagiārī); second declension

1. torturer, oppressor, plunderer
2. kidnapper

   Synonyms: plagiātor, abductor

3. plagiarist

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	plagiārius	plagiāriī
genitive	plagiāriī plagiārī1	plagiāriōrum
dative	plagiāriō	plagiāriīs
accusative	plagiārium	plagiāriōs
ablative	plagiāriō	plagiāriīs
vocative	plagiārie	plagiāriī

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

Descendants

• French: plagiaire

References

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