metallarius

metallarius

Latin

Etymology

From metallum (“metal”) +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /me.talˈlaː.ri.us/, [mɛt̪älˈlʲäːriʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.talˈla.ri.us/, [met̪älˈläːrius]

Noun

metallārius m (genitive metallāriī or metallārī, feminine metallāria); second declension

1. miner, man who works in a mine

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	metallārius	metallāriī
Genitive	metallāriī metallārī1	metallāriōrum
Dative	metallāriō	metallāriīs
Accusative	metallārium	metallāriōs
Ablative	metallāriō	metallāriīs
Vocative	metallārie	metallāriī

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

Related terms

• metallāria
• metallicus
• metallifer
• metallum

References

• “metallarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• metallarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• metallarius in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016