Latin edit

Etymology edit

From metallum (metal) +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

metallārius m (genitive metallāriī or metallārī, feminine metallāria); second declension

  1. miner, man who works in a mine

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative metallārius metallāriī
Genitive metallāriī
metallārī1
metallāriōrum
Dative metallāriō metallāriīs
Accusative metallārium metallāriōs
Ablative metallāriō metallāriīs
Vocative metallārie metallāriī

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

Related terms edit

References edit

  • metallarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • metallarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • metallarius in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016