calceolarius

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Latin

Etymology

From calceolus (little shoe) +‎ -ārius (occupational ending).

Pronunciation

Noun

calceolārius m (genitive calceolāriī or calceolārī); second declension

  1. Synonym of sūtor, shoemaker, especially a maker of calceoli, little shoes

Declension

Second-declension noun.

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

Descendants

  • Italian: calzolaio
  • French: calcéolaire

References

Further reading

  • calceolarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • calceolarius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • calceolarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • calceolarius in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016