veterinarius

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Latin

Etymology

veterīnum (“draught-cattle”) +‎ -ārius, from vetus (“old”). As an adjective and substantive from Columella onwards.

Pronunciation

Adjective

veterīnārius (feminine veterīnāria, neuter veterīnārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (relational) concerned with the medical treatment of domestic animals

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative veterīnārius veterīnāria veterīnārium veterīnāriī veterīnāriae veterīnāria
Genitive veterīnāriī veterīnāriae veterīnāriī veterīnāriōrum veterīnāriārum veterīnāriōrum
Dative veterīnāriō veterīnāriō veterīnāriīs
Accusative veterīnārium veterīnāriam veterīnārium veterīnāriōs veterīnāriās veterīnāria
Ablative veterīnāriō veterīnāriā veterīnāriō veterīnāriīs
Vocative veterīnārie veterīnāria veterīnārium veterīnāriī veterīnāriae veterīnāria

Noun

veterīnārius m (genitive veterīnāriī or veterīnārī, feminine veterīnāria); second declension

  1. a cattle-doctor, veterinarian

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative veterīnārius veterīnāriī
Genitive veterīnāriī
veterīnārī1 		veterīnāriōrum
Dative veterīnāriō veterīnāriīs
Accusative veterīnārium veterīnāriōs
Ablative veterīnāriō veterīnāriīs
Vocative veterīnārie veterīnāriī

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

Descendants

For more, see veterinarian.

Descendants

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