Latin edit

Etymology edit

perna (haunch of ham) +‎ -ārius (suffix forming agent nouns of use, viz. a dealer)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

pernārius m (genitive pernāriī or pernārī); second declension

  1. a ham-seller

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pernārius pernāriī
Genitive pernāriī
pernārī1
pernāriōrum
Dative pernāriō pernāriīs
Accusative pernārium pernāriōs
Ablative pernāriō pernāriīs
Vocative pernārie pernāriī

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

References edit

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