calcarius
See also: Calcarius
Latin
Etymology
From calx (“lime”) + -ārius.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kalˈkaː.ri.us/, [käɫ̪ˈkäːriʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kalˈka.ri.us/, [kälˈkäːrius]
Adjective
calcārius (feminine calcāria, neuter calcārium); first/second-declension adjective
- Of or pertaining to lime.
- Designed for burning lime.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | calcārius | calcāria | calcārium | calcāriī | calcāriae | calcāria | |
| Genitive | calcāriī | calcāriae | calcāriī | calcāriōrum | calcāriārum | calcāriōrum | |
| Dative | calcāriō | calcāriō | calcāriīs | ||||
| Accusative | calcārium | calcāriam | calcārium | calcāriōs | calcāriās | calcāria | |
| Ablative | calcāriō | calcāriā | calcāriō | calcāriīs | |||
| Vocative | calcārie | calcāria | calcārium | calcāriī | calcāriae | calcāria | |
Derived terms
- calcāria
- calcāriārius
- calcāriēnsis
Related terms
- calcifraga
- calculārius
- calculātiō
- calculātor
- calculātōrius
- calculēnsis
- calculō
- calculōsus
- calculus
Descendants
- Catalan: calcari
- English: calcareous
- French: calcaire
- Italian: calcareo
- Portuguese: calcário
- Spanish: calcáreo
Noun
calcārius m (genitive calcāriī or calcārī); second declension
- A lime-burner.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | calcārius | calcāriī |
| Genitive | calcāriī calcārī1 | calcāriōrum |
| Dative | calcāriō | calcāriīs |
| Accusative | calcārium | calcāriōs |
| Ablative | calcāriō | calcāriīs |
| Vocative | calcārie | calcāriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “calcarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- calcarius 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)
- calcarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to put spurs to a horse: calcaria subdere equo
- (ambiguous) to spur, urge a person on: calcaria alicui adhibere, admovere; stimulos alicui admovere
- (ambiguous) to put spurs to a horse: calcaria subdere equo