pullarius
Latin
Etymology
pullus + -ārius
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pulˈlaː.ri.us/, [pʊlˈlʲäːriʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pulˈla.ri.us/, [pulˈläːrius]
Adjective
pullārius (feminine pullāria, neuter pullārium); first/second-declension adjective
- of or pertaining to young chicks, esp. as used in divination
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | pullārius | pullāria | pullārium | pullāriī | pullāriae | pullāria | |
| Genitive | pullāriī | pullāriae | pullāriī | pullāriōrum | pullāriārum | pullāriōrum | |
| Dative | pullāriō | pullāriō | pullāriīs | ||||
| Accusative | pullārium | pullāriam | pullārium | pullāriōs | pullāriās | pullāria | |
| Ablative | pullāriō | pullāriā | pullāriō | pullāriīs | |||
| Vocative | pullārie | pullāria | pullārium | pullāriī | pullāriae | pullāria | |
Descendants
- Galician: poleiro
- Italian: pollaio
- Portuguese: poleiro
- Sicilian: puddaru
- Spanish: pollero
Noun
pullārius m (genitive pullāriī or pullārī, feminine pullāria); second declension
- a keeper of sacred chickens (for the augur)
- (euphemistic) a boylover
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pullārius | pullāriī |
| Genitive | pullāriī pullārī1 | pullāriōrum |
| Dative | pullāriō | pullāriīs |
| Accusative | pullārium | pullāriōs |
| Ablative | pullāriō | pullāriīs |
| Vocative | pullārie | pullāriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- → Italian: pollario
References
- “pullarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pullarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pullarius 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)
- pullarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “pullarius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “pullarius”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin