mensarius

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Latin

Etymology

From mēnsa (“table, board, counter”) +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

Adjective

mēnsārius (feminine mēnsāria, neuter mēnsārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of or belonging to the table or counter

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative mēnsārius mēnsāria mēnsārium mēnsāriī mēnsāriae mēnsāria
genitive mēnsāriī mēnsāriae mēnsāriī mēnsāriōrum mēnsāriārum mēnsāriōrum
dative mēnsāriō mēnsāriae mēnsāriō mēnsāriīs
accusative mēnsārium mēnsāriam mēnsārium mēnsāriōs mēnsāriās mēnsāria
ablative mēnsāriō mēnsāriā mēnsāriō mēnsāriīs
vocative mēnsārie mēnsāria mēnsārium mēnsāriī mēnsāriae mēnsāria

Descendants

  • Portuguese: mesário

Noun

mēnsārius m (genitive mēnsāriī or mēnsārī); second declension

  1. money changer, banker

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative mēnsārius mēnsāriī
genitive mēnsāriī
mēnsārī1 		mēnsāriōrum
dative mēnsāriō mēnsāriīs
accusative mēnsārium mēnsāriōs
ablative mēnsāriō mēnsāriīs
vocative mēnsārie mēnsāriī

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

References

  • “mensarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “mensarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mensarius 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)
  • mensarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • mensarius in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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