claustrarius

Latin

Etymology

From claustrum (“bar, gate”) +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /klau̯sˈtraː.ri.us/, [kɫ̪äu̯s̠ˈt̪räːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /klau̯sˈtra.ri.us/, [kläu̯sˈt̪räːrius]

Noun

claustrārius m (genitive claustrāriī or claustrārī); second declension

1. locksmith; person who makes locks for doors

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	claustrārius	claustrāriī
Genitive	claustrāriī claustrārī1	claustrāriōrum
Dative	claustrāriō	claustrāriīs
Accusative	claustrārium	claustrāriōs
Ablative	claustrāriō	claustrāriīs
Vocative	claustrārie	claustrāriī

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

Related terms

• claudō
• claustellum
• claustrum
• clausum
• clausūra
• clausus

References

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