angarius
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄγγαρος (ángaros, “Persian mounted courier”), from an uncertain non-Greek (probably Middle Eastern) source. Confer ἄγγελος (ángelos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /anˈɡa.ri.us/, [äŋˈɡäriʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /anˈɡa.ri.us/, [äŋˈɡäːrius]
Noun
angarius m (genitive angariī or angarī); second declension
- courier, messenger
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | angarius | angariī |
| Genitive | angariī angarī1 | angariōrum |
| Dative | angariō | angariīs |
| Accusative | angarium | angariōs |
| Ablative | angariō | angariīs |
| Vocative | angarie | angariī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
- angaria
- angariō
References
- “angarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- angarius 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)
- angarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette