sectarius

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Latin

Etymology 1

From secō (“cut, cut off; castrate”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

sectārius (feminine sectāria, neuter sectārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. gelded, castrated
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sectārius sectāria sectārium sectāriī sectāriae sectāria
Genitive sectāriī sectāriae sectāriī sectāriōrum sectāriārum sectāriōrum
Dative sectāriō sectāriō sectāriīs
Accusative sectārium sectāriam sectārium sectāriōs sectāriās sectāria
Ablative sectāriō sectāriā sectāriō sectāriīs
Vocative sectārie sectāria sectārium sectāriī sectāriae sectāria
Related terms

References

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

Etymology 2

From Latin secta (“sect”).

Noun

sectarius m (Medieval Latin)

  1. a sectary
Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sectarius sectariī
Genitive sectariī
sectarī1 		sectariōrum
Dative sectariō sectariīs
Accusative sectarium sectariōs
Ablative sectariō sectariīs
Vocative sectarie sectariī

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

Descendants
  • German: Sektierer
  • English: sectary
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