cursarius

Latin

Etymology

cursus +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kurˈsaː.ri.us/, [kʊrˈs̠äːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kurˈsa.ri.us/, [kurˈsäːrius]

Noun

cursārius m (genitive cursāriī or cursārī); second declension (Medieval Latin)

1. pirate, sea-raider, corsair
2. the book which contains the incantations recited in church (cursus)
3. a standard horse for riding out

   Synonym: cursērius

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cursārius	cursāriī
Genitive	cursāriī cursārī1	cursāriōrum
Dative	cursāriō	cursāriīs
Accusative	cursārium	cursāriōs
Ablative	cursāriō	cursāriīs
Vocative	cursārie	cursāriī

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

Descendants

• → Catalan: corsari, cossari
• → Icelandic: kussari
• → Old French: corsier, corser, cursier
  • French: coursier
  • → Catalan: corser
  • → Middle English: courser (see there for further descendants)
  • → Spanish: corcel
• → Italian: corsaro
  • → Arabic: قُرْصَان (qurṣān)
  • → French: corsaire
    • → English: corsair
  • → German: Korsar
  • → Ottoman Turkish: قرصان
    • Turkish: korsan
  • → Romanian: corsar
  • → Serbo-Croatian: gȕsār (likely)
    • → Hungarian: huszár
      • → French: hussard, houssard
        • → English: hussar
        • → Spanish: húsar
      • → German: Husar
        • → Dutch: huzaar
        • → Italian: ussaro
      • → Medieval Latin: husārō
      • → Polish: husarz
      • → Serbo-Croatian: hȕsār
• → Portuguese: corsário
• → Sicilian: cursaru
• → Spanish: corsario

Adjective

cursārius (feminine cursāria, neuter cursārium); first/second-declension adjective (Medieval Latin)

1. which belongs to the course, which is aptly assigned to the track

   Synonyms: cursālis, cursuālis

   equus cursārius ― courier horse, cheval coursier

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cursārius	cursāria	cursārium		cursāriī	cursāriae	cursāria
Genitive	cursāriī	cursāriae	cursāriī		cursāriōrum	cursāriārum	cursāriōrum
Dative	cursāriō		cursāriō		cursāriīs
Accusative	cursārium	cursāriam	cursārium		cursāriōs	cursāriās	cursāria
Ablative	cursāriō	cursāriā	cursāriō		cursāriīs
Vocative	cursārie	cursāria	cursārium		cursāriī	cursāriae	cursāria