beneficiarius
Latin
Etymology
From beneficium (“benefit, favor”) + -ārius.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /be.ne.fi.kiˈaː.ri.us/, [bɛnɛfɪkiˈäːriʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /be.ne.fi.t͡ʃiˈa.ri.us/, [benefit͡ʃiˈäːrius]
Noun
beneficiārius m (genitive beneficiāriī or beneficiārī); second declension
- (mostly plural) privileged soldier who is exempt from certain duties
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | beneficiārius | beneficiāriī |
Genitive | beneficiāriī beneficiārī1 | beneficiāriōrum |
Dative | beneficiāriō | beneficiāriīs |
Accusative | beneficiārium | beneficiāriōs |
Ablative | beneficiāriō | beneficiāriīs |
Vocative | beneficiārie | beneficiāriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Adjective
beneficiārius (feminine beneficiāria, neuter beneficiārium); first/second-declension adjective
- pertaining to a favor
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | beneficiārius | beneficiāria | beneficiārium | beneficiāriī | beneficiāriae | beneficiāria | |
Genitive | beneficiāriī | beneficiāriae | beneficiāriī | beneficiāriōrum | beneficiāriārum | beneficiāriōrum | |
Dative | beneficiāriō | beneficiāriō | beneficiāriīs | ||||
Accusative | beneficiārium | beneficiāriam | beneficiārium | beneficiāriōs | beneficiāriās | beneficiāria | |
Ablative | beneficiāriō | beneficiāriā | beneficiāriō | beneficiāriīs | |||
Vocative | beneficiārie | beneficiāria | beneficiārium | beneficiāriī | beneficiāriae | beneficiāria |
References
- “beneficiarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- beneficiarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- beneficiarius 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)