nugatorius

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Latin

Etymology

From nūgātor +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

Adjective

nūgātōrius (feminine nūgātōria, neuter nūgātōrium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. nugatory, trifling
  2. worthless, useless

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

  • English: nugatory

References

  • nugatorius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nugatorius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nugatorius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.