-arius

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See also: Arius and Aríus

Latin

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Etymology 1

    From earlier Proto-Italic *-ās-(i)jo- (cf. Oscan sakrasias and Umbrian plenasier), formed from *-āso- (from PIE *-eh₂so-, cf. the Hittite appurtenance suffix -ašša-[1]), extended with the relational adjectival suffix *-yós (“belonging to”).

    Suffix

    -ārius (feminine -āria, neuter -ārium); first/second-declension suffix

    2. Used to form adjectives from nouns or numerals.
      ‎camera (“vault, arch”) + ‎-ārius → ‎camerārius (“climbing, creeping”)
      ‎ordō (“line, row”) + ‎-ārius → ‎ordinārius (“ordinary, of the rank and file”)
      ‎quaternī (“four at a time, by fours”) + ‎-ārius → ‎quaternārius (“quaternary”)
    Usage notes

    The nominative neuter form -arium, when appended to nouns, forms derivative nouns denoting a “place where things are kept”.

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative -ārius -āria -ārium -āriī -āriae -āria
    genitive -āriī -āriae -āriī -āriōrum -āriārum -āriōrum
    dative -āriō -āriae -āriō -āriīs
    accusative -ārium -āriam -ārium -āriōs -āriās -āria
    ablative -āriō -āriā -āriō -āriīs
    vocative -ārie -āria -ārium -āriī -āriae -āria
    Derived terms
    Latin terms suffixed with -arius (adjective)
    Descendants
    • → French: -aire m or f by sense
    • → Italian: -ario m

    References

    1. ^ Miller, D. Gary (2006) Latin Suffixal Derivatives in English: and their Indo-European Ancestry, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 140–41

    Etymology 2

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      Suffix

      -ārius m (genitive -āriī or -ārī); second declension

      2. (masculine only) -er; Used to form nouns denoting an agent of use, such as a dealer or artisan, from other nouns.
        ‎argentum (“silver”) + ‎-ārius → ‎argentārius (“banker”)
        ‎avicula (“little bird”) + ‎-ārius → ‎aviculārius (“bird keeper”)
        ‎rēte (“net”) + ‎-ārius → ‎rētiārius (“net fighter”)
      Declension

      Second-declension noun.

      singular plural
      nominative -ārius -āriī
      genitive -āriī
      -ārī1       		-āriōrum
      dative -āriō -āriīs
      accusative -ārium -āriōs
      ablative -āriō -āriīs
      vocative -ārie -āriī

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

      Derived terms
      Latin terms suffixed with -arius (agent noun)
      Descendants
      Wikious
      Boobota
      Sagapedia