lecticarius
Latin
Etymology
From lectīca + -ārius.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /lek.tiːˈkaː.ri.us/, [ɫ̪ɛkt̪iːˈkäːriʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /lek.tiˈka.ri.us/, [lekt̪iˈkäːrius]
Noun
lectīcārius m (genitive lectīcāriī or lectīcārī); second declension
- A litter-bearer, sedan-bearer, lectica-bearer
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lectīcārius | lectīcāriī |
| Genitive | lectīcāriī lectīcārī1 | lectīcāriōrum |
| Dative | lectīcāriō | lectīcāriīs |
| Accusative | lectīcārium | lectīcāriōs |
| Ablative | lectīcāriō | lectīcāriīs |
| Vocative | lectīcārie | lectīcāriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms
- lectīca
- lectīcula
- lectus
References
- “lecticarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lecticarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lecticarius 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)
- lecticarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette