ocularius

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Latin

Etymology

From oculus (eye) +‎ -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

Pronunciation

Adjective

oculārius (feminine oculāria, neuter oculārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of or pertaining to the eyes
    Synonym: oculāris

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative oculārius oculāria oculārium oculāriī oculāriae oculāria
genitive oculāriī oculāriae oculāriī oculāriōrum oculāriārum oculāriōrum
dative oculāriō oculāriae oculāriō oculāriīs
accusative oculārium oculāriam oculārium oculāriōs oculāriās oculāria
ablative oculāriō oculāriā oculāriō oculāriīs
vocative oculārie oculāria oculārium oculāriī oculāriae oculāria

Noun

oculārius m (genitive oculāriī or oculārī); second declension

  1. oculist (eye doctor)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

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

References

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