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Latin
Etymology
From scālae (“ladder”).
Pronunciation
Noun
scālārius m (genitive scālāriī or scālārī); second declension
- A maker of staircases.
- A fireman responsible for the ladders.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- scalarius 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)
- scalarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- scalarius in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016