caeparius

Latin

Etymology

From caepa +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kae̯ˈpaː.ri.us/, [käe̯ˈpäːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈpa.ri.us/, [t͡ʃeˈpäːrius]

Noun

caepārius m (genitive caepāriī or caepārī); second declension

1. grower of onions; trader in onions

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	caepārius	caepāriī
Genitive	caepāriī caepārī1	caepāriōrum
Dative	caepāriō	caepāriīs
Accusative	caepārium	caepāriōs
Ablative	caepāriō	caepāriīs
Vocative	caepārie	caepāriī

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

Descendants

• Romanian: cepar

References

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