claustrarius
Latin
Etymology
From claustrum (“bar, gate”) + -ārius.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /klau̯sˈtraː.ri.us/, [kɫ̪äu̯s̠ˈt̪räːriʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /klau̯sˈtra.ri.us/, [kläu̯sˈt̪räːrius]
Noun
claustrārius m (genitive claustrāriī or claustrārī); second declension
- locksmith; person who makes locks for doors
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | claustrārius | claustrāriī |
| Genitive | claustrāriī claustrārī1 | claustrāriōrum |
| Dative | claustrāriō | claustrāriīs |
| Accusative | claustrārium | claustrāriōs |
| Ablative | claustrāriō | claustrāriīs |
| Vocative | claustrārie | claustrāriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms
- claudō
- claustellum
- claustrum
- clausum
- clausūra
- clausus
References
- “claustrarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- claustrarius 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)
- claustrarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette