metallarius

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Latin

Etymology

From metallum (metal) +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

Noun

metallārius m (genitive metallāriī or metallārī, feminine metallāria); second declension

  1. miner, man who works in a mine

Declension

Second-declension noun.

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

References

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