cellarius

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin cellārius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɛˈlaː.ri.ʏs/
• Hyphenation: cel‧la‧ri‧us

Noun

cellarius m (plural cellarii)

1. (Roman Catholicism) A monk tasked with the economic administration of a monastery.

Latin

Etymology

From cella (“storeroom, pantry”) +‎ -ārius.

Noun

cellārius m (genitive cellāriī or cellārī); second declension

1. keeper of a storeroom, steward, butler

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cellārius	cellāriī
Genitive	cellāriī cellārī1	cellāriōrum
Dative	cellāriō	cellāriīs
Accusative	cellārium	cellāriōs
Ablative	cellāriō	cellāriīs
Vocative	cellārie	cellāriī

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

Related terms

• cellārium

Descendants

• → Byzantine Greek: κελλάριος (kellários)
  • → Old East Slavic: кела́рь (kelárĭ)
  • → Old Georgian: კელარი (ḳelari)

References

• “cellarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cellarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.