sellarius

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Latin

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Etymology

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sella (seat, couch) +‎ -ārius (-er)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sellārius m (genitive sellāriī or sellārī); second declension

  1. male prostitute, sellary
    • c. 117 CE, Tacitus, Annales 6.1:
      tuncque primum ignota antea vocabula reperta sunt sellariorum et spintriarum ex foeditate loci
      • 1598 translation by Richard Greenway[1]
        Then first of all were those vnknowen words of Sellaries and Spintries found out of the filthines of the place.

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sellārius sellāriī
Genitive sellāriī
sellārī1
sellāriōrum
Dative sellāriō sellāriīs
Accusative sellārium sellāriōs
Ablative sellāriō sellāriīs
Vocative sellārī sellāriī

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

Descendants

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  • English: sellary (learned)