Latin edit

Etymology edit

From calceolus (little shoe) +‎ -ārius (occupational ending).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

calceolārius m (genitive calceolāriī or calceolārī); second declension

  1. Synonym of sūtor, shoemaker, especially a maker of calceoli, little shoes

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative calceolārius calceolāriī
Genitive calceolāriī
calceolārī1
calceolāriōrum
Dative calceolāriō calceolāriīs
Accusative calceolārium calceolāriōs
Ablative calceolāriō calceolāriīs
Vocative calceolārie calceolāriī

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

Descendants edit

  • Italian: calzolaio
  • French: calcéolaire

References edit

Further reading edit

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