plagiarius

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Latin

Etymology

From plagium +‎ -ārius.

Noun

plagiārius m (genitive plagiāriī or plagiārī); second declension

  1. torturer, oppressor, plunderer
  2. kidnapper
    Synonyms: plagiātor, abductor
  3. plagiarist

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative plagiārius plagiāriī
genitive plagiāriī
plagiārī1
plagiāriōrum
dative plagiāriō plagiāriīs
accusative plagiārium plagiāriōs
ablative plagiāriō plagiāriīs
vocative plagiārie plagiāriī

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

Descendants

  • French: plagiaire

References

  • plagiarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • plagiarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • plagiarius 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)
  • plagiarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • plagiarius in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016