-arius
See also: Arius and Aríus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈaː.ri.us/, [ˈäːriʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.ri.us/, [ˈäːrius]
Etymology 1
From earlier *-ās-(i)jo- (cf. Oscan sakrasias and Umbrian plenasier), formed from *-āso- (from PIE *-eh₂so-, cf. the Hittite appurtenance suffix -ašša-[1]), extended with the relational adjectival suffix *-yós (“belonging to”).
Suffix
-ārius (feminine -āria, neuter -ārium); first/second-declension suffix
- Used to form adjectives from nouns or numerals.
- camera (“vault, arch”) + -ārius → camerārius (“climbing, creeping”)
- ordō (“line, row”) + -ārius → ordinārius (“ordinary, of the rank and file”)
- quaternī (“four at a time, by fours”) + -ārius → quaternārius (“quaternary”)
Usage notes
The nominative neuter form -arium, when appended to nouns, forms derivative nouns denoting a “place where things are kept”.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | -ārius | -āria | -ārium | -āriī | -āriae | -āria | |
| Genitive | -āriī | -āriae | -āriī | -āriōrum | -āriārum | -āriōrum | |
| Dative | -āriō | -āriō | -āriīs | ||||
| Accusative | -ārium | -āriam | -ārium | -āriōs | -āriās | -āria | |
| Ablative | -āriō | -āriā | -āriō | -āriīs | |||
| Vocative | -ārie | -āria | -ārium | -āriī | -āriae | -āria | |
Derived terms
Latin terms suffixed with -arius (adjective)
References
- Miller, D. Gary (2006) Latin Suffixal Derivatives in English: and their Indo-European Ancestry, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 140–41
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Suffix
-ārius m (genitive -āriī or -ārī); second declension
- (masculine only) -er; Used to form nouns denoting an agent of use, such as a dealer or artisan, from other nouns.
- argentum (“silver”) + -ārius → argentārius (“banker”)
- avicula (“little bird”) + -ārius → aviculārius (“bird keeper”)
- rēte (“net”) + -ārius → rētiārius (“net fighter”)
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | -ārius | -āriī |
| Genitive | -āriī -ārī1 | -āriōrum |
| Dative | -āriō | -āriīs |
| Accusative | -ārium | -āriōs |
| Ablative | -āriō | -āriīs |
| Vocative | -ārie | -āriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
Latin terms suffixed with -arius (agent noun)
Descendants
Descendants
- Eastern Romance:
- Aromanian: -ar, -aru
- Romanian: -ar
- Italo-Dalmatian:
- Italian: -aio
- Sicilian: -aru
- Old French: -ier
- Middle French: -er, -ier
- French: -ier
- → English: -eer
- → Italian: -iere
- → Old Irish: -aire
- Irish: -aire
- Scottish Gaelic: -air
- Middle French: -er, -ier
- Old Occitan:
- Catalan: -er, -era
- Occitan: -ièr
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Friulian: -âr
- Venetian: -aro, -ar, -er
- West Iberian:
- Old Leonese:
- Asturian: -eru
- Old Portuguese:
- Portuguese: -eiro
- Galician: -eiro
- Old Spanish:
- Spanish: -ero
- Old Leonese:
- → Albanian: -ar
- → Asturian: -ariu
- → Catalan: -ari
- → English: -ary, -arian
- → French: -aire
- → Galician: -ario
- → Proto-Germanic: *-ārijaz (see there for further descendants)
- Gothic: -𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (-āreis)
- → Proto-Slavic: *-ařь (see there for further descendants)
- Gothic: -𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (-āreis)
- → Greek: -άρης (-áris)
- → Italian: -ario
- → Occitan: -ari
- → Portuguese: -ário
- → Spanish: -ario