camerarius

Latin

Etymology

From camera (“vault, arch”) +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ka.meˈraː.ri.us/, [kämɛˈräːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.meˈra.ri.us/, [kämeˈräːrius]

Adjective

camerārius (feminine camerāria, neuter camerārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. (of vines) climbing, creeping

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	camerārius	camerāria	camerārium		camerāriī	camerāriae	camerāria
Genitive	camerāriī	camerāriae	camerāriī		camerāriōrum	camerāriārum	camerāriōrum
Dative	camerāriō		camerāriō		camerāriīs
Accusative	camerārium	camerāriam	camerārium		camerāriōs	camerāriās	camerāria
Ablative	camerāriō	camerāriā	camerāriō		camerāriīs
Vocative	camerārie	camerāria	camerārium		camerāriī	camerāriae	camerāria

Noun

camerārius m (genitive camerāriī); second declension

1. (Late Latin) chamberlain, camerlengo; officer in charge of a noble, royal, or ecclesiastical household.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	camerārius	camerāriī
Genitive	camerāriī	camerāriōrum
Dative	camerāriō	camerāriīs
Accusative	camerārium	camerāriōs
Ablative	camerāriō	camerāriīs
Vocative	camerārie	camerāriī

Related terms

• camera
• camerātiō
• camerō

References

• “camerarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• camerarius 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)
• camerarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “camerarius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers