angarius

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄγγαρος (ángaros, “Persian mounted courier”), from an uncertain non-Greek (probably Middle Eastern) source. Compare ἄγγελος (ángelos).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /anˈɡa.ri.us/, [äŋˈɡäriʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /anˈɡa.ri.us/, [äŋˈɡäːrius]

Noun

angarius m (genitive angariī or angarī); second declension

courier, messenger

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	angarius	angariī
Genitive	angariī angarī¹	angariōrum
Dative	angariō	angariīs
Accusative	angarium	angariōs
Ablative	angariō	angariīs
Vocative	angarie	angariī

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

Derived terms

References

“angarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
angarius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
angarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.