pigmentarius

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Latin

Etymology

From pigmentum (paint, dye) +‎ -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

Pronunciation

Adjective

pigmentārius (feminine pigmentāria, neuter pigmentārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (relational) paint, unguent

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative pigmentārius pigmentāria pigmentārium pigmentāriī pigmentāriae pigmentāria
genitive pigmentāriī pigmentāriae pigmentāriī pigmentāriōrum pigmentāriārum pigmentāriōrum
dative pigmentāriō pigmentāriae pigmentāriō pigmentāriīs
accusative pigmentārium pigmentāriam pigmentārium pigmentāriōs pigmentāriās pigmentāria
ablative pigmentāriō pigmentāriā pigmentāriō pigmentāriīs
vocative pigmentārie pigmentāria pigmentārium pigmentāriī pigmentāriae pigmentāria

Noun

pigmentārius m (genitive pigmentāriī or pigmentārī); second declension

  1. A dealer in paints and unguents

Declension

Second-declension noun.

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

References

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