tabellarius
Latin
Etymology
From tabella (“letter”) + -ārius.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ta.belˈlaː.ri.us/, [t̪äbɛlˈlʲäːriʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ta.belˈla.ri.us/, [t̪äbelˈläːrius]
Adjective
tabellārius (feminine tabellāria, neuter tabellārium); first/second-declension adjective
- (relational) tablets, letters
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | tabellārius | tabellāria | tabellārium | tabellāriī | tabellāriae | tabellāria | |
| Genitive | tabellāriī | tabellāriae | tabellāriī | tabellāriōrum | tabellāriārum | tabellāriōrum | |
| Dative | tabellāriō | tabellāriō | tabellāriīs | ||||
| Accusative | tabellārium | tabellāriam | tabellārium | tabellāriōs | tabellāriās | tabellāria | |
| Ablative | tabellāriō | tabellāriā | tabellāriō | tabellāriīs | |||
| Vocative | tabellārie | tabellāria | tabellārium | tabellāriī | tabellāriae | tabellāria | |
Noun
tabellārius m (genitive tabellāriī or tabellārī); second declension
- letter carrier, mail carrier, courier, mailman, postman
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tabellārius | tabellāriī |
| Genitive | tabellāriī tabellārī1 | tabellāriōrum |
| Dative | tabellāriō | tabellāriīs |
| Accusative | tabellārium | tabellāriōs |
| Ablative | tabellāriō | tabellāriīs |
| Vocative | tabellārie | tabellāriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms
- tabella
References
- “tabellarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tabellarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tabellarius 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)
- tabellarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “tabellarius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tabellarius in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “tabellarius”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin