Latin edit

Etymology edit

From cancelli (a door of bars) +‎ -arius.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cancellārius m (genitive cancellāriī or cancellārī); second declension

  1. A kind of porter, doorkeeper.
  2. A secretary.

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cancellārius cancellāriī
Genitive cancellāriī
cancellārī1
cancellāriōrum
Dative cancellāriō cancellāriīs
Accusative cancellārium cancellāriōs
Ablative cancellāriō cancellāriīs
Vocative cancellārie cancellāriī

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

Descendants edit

Adjective edit

cancellārius (feminine cancellāria, neuter cancellārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. imprisoned (living or kept behind bars)

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cancellārius cancellāria cancellārium cancellāriī cancellāriae cancellāria
Genitive cancellāriī cancellāriae cancellāriī cancellāriōrum cancellāriārum cancellāriōrum
Dative cancellāriō cancellāriō cancellāriīs
Accusative cancellārium cancellāriam cancellārium cancellāriōs cancellāriās cancellāria
Ablative cancellāriō cancellāriā cancellāriō cancellāriīs
Vocative cancellārie cancellāria cancellārium cancellāriī cancellāriae cancellāria

References edit

  • cancellarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cancellarius 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)
  • cancellarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • cancellarius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cancellarius in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • cancellarius”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Further reading edit