alimentarius

Latin

Etymology

From alimentum +‎ -ārius.

Adjective

alimentārius (feminine alimentāria, neuter alimentārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. pertaining to or suitable for nourishing
2. relating to the apportionment of provisions among the poor

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	alimentārius	alimentāria	alimentārium		alimentāriī	alimentāriae	alimentāria
Genitive	alimentāriī	alimentāriae	alimentāriī		alimentāriōrum	alimentāriārum	alimentāriōrum
Dative	alimentāriō		alimentāriō		alimentāriīs
Accusative	alimentārium	alimentāriam	alimentārium		alimentāriōs	alimentāriās	alimentāria
Ablative	alimentāriō	alimentāriā	alimentāriō		alimentāriīs
Vocative	alimentārie	alimentāria	alimentārium		alimentāriī	alimentāriae	alimentāria

Noun

alimentārius m (genitive alimentāriī or alimentārī); second declension

1. one to whom means of subsistence has been left by will

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	alimentārius	alimentāriī
Genitive	alimentāriī alimentārī1	alimentāriōrum
Dative	alimentāriō	alimentāriīs
Accusative	alimentārium	alimentāriōs
Ablative	alimentāriō	alimentāriīs
Vocative	alimentārie	alimentāriī

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

Descendants

• → Catalan: alimentari
• → English: alimentary
• → French: alimentaire
• → Italian: alimentario
• → Portuguese: alimentário
• → Romanian: alimentar
• → Spanish: alimentario

References

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