topiarius

Latin

Etymology

From topia (“ornamental gardening”) +‎ -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /to.piˈaː.ri.us/, [t̪ɔpiˈäːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /to.piˈa.ri.us/, [t̪opiˈäːrius]

Noun

topiārius m (genitive topiāriī or topiārī); second declension

1. landscape gardener, nurseryman

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	topiārius	topiāriī
genitive	topiāriī topiārī1	topiāriōrum
dative	topiāriō	topiāriīs
accusative	topiārium	topiāriōs
ablative	topiāriō	topiāriīs
vocative	topiārie	topiāriī

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

Adjective

topiārius (feminine topiāria, neuter topiārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. related to landscape gardening, having a connection to plant nursery, topiary

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	topiārius	topiāria	topiārium		topiāriī	topiāriae	topiāria
genitive	topiāriī	topiāriae	topiāriī		topiāriōrum	topiāriārum	topiāriōrum
dative	topiāriō	topiāriae	topiāriō		topiāriīs
accusative	topiārium	topiāriam	topiārium		topiāriōs	topiāriās	topiāria
ablative	topiāriō	topiāriā	topiāriō		topiāriīs
vocative	topiārie	topiāria	topiārium		topiāriī	topiāriae	topiāria

Descendants

• Italian: topiario
• Spanish: topiario

References

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