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Latin
Etymology
From cancelli (“a door of bars”) + -arius.
Pronunciation
Noun
cancellārius m (genitive cancellāriī or cancellārī); second declension
- A kind of porter, doorkeeper.
- A secretary.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
Adjective
cancellārius (feminine cancellāria, neuter cancellārium); first/second-declension adjective
- imprisoned (living or kept behind bars)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “cancellarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "cancellarius", 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)
- cancellarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “cancellarius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cancellarius in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “cancellarius”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Further reading
- “cancellarius1”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cancellarius2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E Smith, editors (1911), “chancellor”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.