gregarius

Latin

Etymology

From grex (“flock, herd”) +‎ -arius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡreˈɡaː.ri.us/, [ɡrɛˈɡäːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡreˈɡa.ri.us/, [ɡreˈɡäːrius]

Adjective

gregārius (feminine gregāria, neuter gregārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. of the herd
2. common

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	gregārius	gregāria	gregārium		gregāriī	gregāriae	gregāria
Genitive	gregāriī	gregāriae	gregāriī		gregāriōrum	gregāriārum	gregāriōrum
Dative	gregāriō		gregāriō		gregāriīs
Accusative	gregārium	gregāriam	gregārium		gregāriōs	gregāriās	gregāria
Ablative	gregāriō	gregāriā	gregāriō		gregāriīs
Vocative	gregārie	gregāria	gregārium		gregāriī	gregāriae	gregāria

Related terms

• gregālis
• gregātim
• grex

 

Descendants

• English: gregarious
• French: grégaire
• Italian: gregario
• Portuguese: gregário
• Romanian: gregar
• Spanish: gregario

References

• “gregarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “gregarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• gregarius 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)
• gregarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)