calceolarius

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kal.ke.oˈlaː.ri.us/, [käɫ̪keɔˈɫ̪äːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kal.t͡ʃe.oˈla.ri.us/, [käl̠ʲt͡ʃeoˈläːrius]

Noun

calceolārius m (genitive calceolāriī or calceolārī); second declension

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

Declension

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

• Italian: calzolaio
• → French: calcéolaire

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “calceolus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 70

Further reading

• “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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016