sectarius

Latin

Etymology 1

From secō (“cut, cut off; castrate”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sekˈtaː.ri.us/, [s̠ɛkˈt̪äːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sekˈta.ri.us/, [sekˈt̪äːrius]

Adjective

sectārius (feminine sectāria, neuter sectārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. gelded, castrated

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sectārius	sectāria	sectārium		sectāriī	sectāriae	sectāria
genitive	sectāriī	sectāriae	sectāriī		sectāriōrum	sectāriārum	sectāriōrum
dative	sectāriō	sectāriae	sectāriō		sectāriīs
accusative	sectārium	sectāriam	sectārium		sectāriōs	sectāriās	sectāria
ablative	sectāriō	sectāriā	sectāriō		sectāriīs
vocative	sectārie	sectāria	sectārium		sectāriī	sectāriae	sectāria

Related terms

• secō
• secta
• sectācula
• sectātiō
• sectātor
• sectilis
• sectiō
• sectīvus
• sector
• sectōrius
• sectrix
• sectūra
• sectus

References

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

Etymology 2

From Latin secta (“sect”).

Noun

sectarius m (Medieval Latin)

1. a sectary

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sectarius	sectariī
genitive	sectariī sectarī1	sectariōrum
dative	sectariō	sectariīs
accusative	sectarium	sectariōs
ablative	sectariō	sectariīs
vocative	sectarie	sectariī

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

Descendants

• German: Sektierer
• English: sectary