Ligarius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /liˈɡaː.ri.us/, [lʲɪˈɡäːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /liˈɡa.ri.us/, [liˈɡäːrius]

Proper noun

Ligārius m sg (genitive Ligāriī or Ligārī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Quintus Ligarius, a Roman soldier accused of treason

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ligārius
Genitive	Ligāriī Ligārī1
Dative	Ligāriō
Accusative	Ligārium
Ablative	Ligāriō
Vocative	Ligārī

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

Derived terms

• Ligāriānus

References

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