avicularius

Latin

Etymology

From avicula (“little bird”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.u̯i.kuˈlaː.ri.us/, [äu̯ɪkʊˈɫ̪äːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.vi.kuˈla.ri.us/, [ävikuˈläːrius]

Noun

aviculārius m (genitive aviculāriī or aviculārī); second declension

1. a bird-keeper

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aviculārius	aviculāriī
Genitive	aviculāriī aviculārī1	aviculāriōrum
Dative	aviculāriō	aviculāriīs
Accusative	aviculārium	aviculāriōs
Ablative	aviculāriō	aviculāriīs
Vocative	aviculārie	aviculāriī

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

Synonyms

• aviārius

Related terms

• aucella / avicella
• auceps
• aviārium
• aviārius
• avicula
• avipēs
• avis

References

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