cinerarius

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Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

cinis (ashes) +‎ -ārius (adjective suffix)

Adjective

cinerārius (feminine cinerāria, neuter cinerārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (relational) ashes
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative cinerārius cinerāria cinerārium cinerāriī cinerāriae cinerāria
genitive cinerāriī cinerāriae cinerāriī cinerāriōrum cinerāriārum cinerāriōrum
dative cinerāriō cinerāriae cinerāriō cinerāriīs
accusative cinerārium cinerāriam cinerārium cinerāriōs cinerāriās cinerāria
ablative cinerāriō cinerāriā cinerāriō cinerāriīs
vocative cinerārie cinerāria cinerārium cinerāriī cinerāriae cinerāria
Descendants

Noun

cinerārius m (genitive cinerāriī); second declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) burned land
Declension

Second-declension noun.

Etymology 2

cinis (ashes) +‎ -ārius (agentive suffix), applied to hairdressers from the ashes used to heat hair rollers.

Noun

cinerārius m (genitive cinerāriī or cinerārī); second declension

  1. a male hairdresser
    Synonym: ciniflō
  2. (Medieval Latin) ash-worker, maker of potash
Declension

Second-declension noun.

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

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