librarius

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English

Etymology

From Latin librārius.

Noun

librarius (plural librarii)

  1. (historical) An ancient or medieval scribe, copyist, or secretary.
  2. (historical) An ancient or medieval bookseller.

Latin

Etymology

From liber (book) +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

Adjective

librārius (feminine librāria, neuter librārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of or pertaining to books

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative librārius librāria librārium librāriī librāriae librāria
Genitive librāriī librāriae librāriī librāriōrum librāriārum librāriōrum
Dative librāriō librāriō librāriīs
Accusative librārium librāriam librārium librāriōs librāriās librāria
Ablative librāriō librāriā librāriō librāriīs
Vocative librārie librāria librārium librāriī librāriae librāria

Derived terms

Descendants

Noun

librārius m (genitive librāriī or librārī, feminine librāria); second declension

  1. a scribe, copyist, secretary
  2. a bookseller

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative librārius librāriī
Genitive librāriī
librārī1
librāriōrum
Dative librāriō librāriīs
Accusative librārium librāriōs
Ablative librāriō librāriīs
Vocative librārie librāriī

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

References

  • librarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • librarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • librarius 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)
  • librarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • librarius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers