tabellarius

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Latin

Etymology

From tabella (“letter”) +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

Adjective

tabellārius (feminine tabellāria, neuter tabellārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (relational) tablets, letters

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative tabellārius tabellāria tabellārium tabellāriī tabellāriae tabellāria
genitive tabellāriī tabellāriae tabellāriī tabellāriōrum tabellāriārum tabellāriōrum
dative tabellāriō tabellāriae tabellāriō tabellāriīs
accusative tabellārium tabellāriam tabellārium tabellāriōs tabellāriās tabellāria
ablative tabellāriō tabellāriā tabellāriō tabellāriīs
vocative tabellārie tabellāria tabellārium tabellāriī tabellāriae tabellāria

Noun

tabellārius m (genitive tabellāriī or tabellārī); second declension

  1. letter carrier, mail carrier, courier, mailman, postman

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative tabellārius tabellāriī
genitive tabellāriī
tabellārī1 		tabellāriōrum
dative tabellāriō tabellāriīs
accusative tabellārium tabellāriōs
ablative tabellāriō tabellāriīs
vocative tabellārie tabellāriī

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

References

  • “tabellarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “tabellarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tabellarius 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)
  • tabellarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “tabellarius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tabellarius in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • “tabellarius”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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