Latin edit

Etymology edit

From essedum (a type of chariot) +‎ -ārius.

Noun edit

essedārius m (genitive essedāriī or essedārī); second declension

  1. a Gaulish or Britannic charioteer
  2. a gladiator who fights from a chariot

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative essedārius essedāriī
Genitive essedāriī
essedārī1
essedāriōrum
Dative essedāriō essedāriīs
Accusative essedārium essedāriōs
Ablative essedāriō essedāriīs
Vocative essedārie essedāriī

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

References edit

  • essedarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • essedarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • essedarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.