bibliothecarius

Latin

Etymology

From bibliothēca (“library”) +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /bi.bli.o.tʰeːˈkaː.ri.us/, [bɪblʲiɔt̪ʰeːˈkäːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bi.bli.o.teˈka.ri.us/, [bibliot̪eˈkäːrius]

Noun

bibliothēcārius m (genitive bibliothēcāriī or bibliothēcārī); second declension

1. (Late Latin) librarian

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bibliothēcārius	bibliothēcāriī
Genitive	bibliothēcāriī bibliothēcārī1	bibliothēcāriōrum
Dative	bibliothēcāriō	bibliothēcāriīs
Accusative	bibliothēcārium	bibliothēcāriōs
Ablative	bibliothēcāriō	bibliothēcāriīs
Vocative	bibliothēcārie	bibliothēcāriī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms

• bibliothēca
• bibliothēcālis
• bibliothēcula

Descendants

• Emilian: bibliutecàr, bibliutecàri, bibliotechêr
• English: bibliothecary
• French: bibliothécaire
• German: Bibliothekar
• Italian: bibliotecario
• Romanian: bibliotecar
• Portuguese: bibliotecário
• Spanish: bibliotecario

References

• “bibliothecarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• bibliothecarius 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)
• bibliothecarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.