gregarius
Latin
Etymology
From grex (“flock, herd”) + -arius.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡreˈɡaː.ri.us/, [ɡrɛˈɡäːriʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ɡreˈɡa.ri.us/, [ɡreˈɡäːrius]
Adjective
gregārius (feminine gregāria, neuter gregārium); first/second-declension adjective
- of the herd
- common
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | gregārius | gregāria | gregārium | gregāriī | gregāriae | gregāria | |
| Genitive | gregāriī | gregāriae | gregāriī | gregāriōrum | gregāriārum | gregāriōrum | |
| Dative | gregāriō | gregāriō | gregāriīs | ||||
| Accusative | gregārium | gregāriam | gregārium | gregāriōs | gregāriās | gregāria | |
| Ablative | gregāriō | gregāriā | gregāriō | gregāriīs | |||
| Vocative | gregārie | gregāria | gregārium | gregāriī | gregāriae | gregāria | |
Related terms
- gregālis
- gregātim
- grex
Descendants
- English: gregarious
- French: grégaire
- Italian: gregario
- Portuguese: gregário
- Romanian: gregar
- Spanish: gregario
References
- “gregarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “gregarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- gregarius 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)
- gregarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)