caementarius

Latin

Alternative forms

• cementārius

Etymology

From caementum (“rubble, rough stone pieces, mortar”) +‎ -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kae̯.menˈtaː.ri.us/, [käe̯mɛn̪ˈt̪äːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃe.menˈta.ri.us/, [t͡ʃemen̪ˈt̪äːrius]

Noun

caementārius m (genitive caementāriī or caementārī); second declension

1. mason, stonemason, stonecutter, wall-builder
2. worker in concrete

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	caementārius	caementāriī
Genitive	caementāriī caementārī1	caementāriōrum
Dative	caementāriō	caementāriīs
Accusative	caementārium	caementāriōs
Ablative	caementāriō	caementāriīs
Vocative	caementārie	caementāriī

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

Synonyms

• mūrārius

Descendants

• French: cimentier
• → Italian: cementario

Adjective

caementārius (feminine caementāria, neuter caementārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) masonry, stonework

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	caementārius	caementāria	caementārium		caementāriī	caementāriae	caementāria
Genitive	caementāriī	caementāriae	caementāriī		caementāriōrum	caementāriārum	caementāriōrum
Dative	caementāriō		caementāriō		caementāriīs
Accusative	caementārium	caementāriam	caementārium		caementāriōs	caementāriās	caementāria
Ablative	caementāriō	caementāriā	caementāriō		caementāriīs
Vocative	caementārie	caementāria	caementārium		caementāriī	caementāriae	caementāria

References

• “caementarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• caementarius 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)
• caementarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• caementarius in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016