tessellarius

Latin

Etymology

tessella +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tes.selˈlaː.ri.us/, [t̪ɛs̠ːɛlˈlʲäːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tes.selˈla.ri.us/, [t̪esːelˈläːrius]

Noun

tessellārius m (genitive tessellāriī or tessellārī); second declension

1. mosaic-floor-maker, who makes the tiled ground, paviour

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	tessellārius	tessellāriī
genitive	tessellāriī tessellārī1	tessellāriōrum
dative	tessellāriō	tessellāriīs
accusative	tessellārium	tessellāriōs
ablative	tessellāriō	tessellāriīs
vocative	tessellārie	tessellāriī

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

References

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