candelabrarius

Latin

Etymology

From candēlābrum (“candlestick”), from candēla (“candle, taper”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kan.deː.laːˈbraː.ri.us/, [kän̪d̪eːɫ̪äːˈbräːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kan.de.laˈbra.ri.us/, [kän̪d̪eläˈbräːrius]

Noun

candēlābrārius m (genitive candēlābrāriī or candēlābrārī); second declension

1. A candlestick or chandelier maker.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	candēlābrārius	candēlābrāriī
Genitive	candēlābrāriī candēlābrārī1	candēlābrāriōrum
Dative	candēlābrāriō	candēlābrāriīs
Accusative	candēlābrārium	candēlābrāriōs
Ablative	candēlābrāriō	candēlābrāriīs
Vocative	candēlābrārie	candēlābrāriī

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

Related terms

• candefaciō
• candēla
• candēlābrum
• candēns
• candentia
• candeō
• candescō
• candicō
• candidus
• candificō
• candor

References

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