numerarius

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Latin

Etymology

From numerus (number).

Pronunciation

Noun

numerārius m (genitive numerāriī or numerārī); second declension

  1. arithmetician
  2. keeper of accounts; accountant

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative numerārius numerāriī
genitive numerāriī
numerārī1
numerāriōrum
dative numerāriō numerāriīs
accusative numerārium numerāriōs
ablative numerāriō numerāriīs
vocative numerārie numerāriī

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

Descendants

  • French: numéraire
  • Spanish: numerario

References

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