caragius

Latin

Alternative forms

• caragus, caraus

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly related to charactē̆r (“sign”), i.e. magical sign.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈra.ɡi.us/, [käˈräɡiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈra.d͡ʒi.us/, [käˈräːd͡ʒius]

Noun

caragius m (genitive caragiī); second declension

1. (Late Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) A magician, enchanter, fortune-teller

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	caragius	caragiī
Genitive	caragiī	caragiōrum
Dative	caragiō	caragiīs
Accusative	caragium	caragiōs
Ablative	caragiō	caragiīs
Vocative	caragie	caragiī

References

• caragius 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)
• caragius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “caragus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 142
• Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “caragus”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎^[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 99