iustitiarius

Latin

Alternative forms

• jūstitiārius
• iūsticiārius, jūsticiārius

Etymology

From iūstitia (“justice”) + -ārius (“-ary, forming adjs. & agents”).

Noun

iūstitiārius m (genitive iūstitiāriī or iūstitiārī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin, historical) A justiciar: a high-ranking medieval court official.
2. (Medieval Latin) A judge, a justice.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	iūstitiārius	iūstitiāriī
Genitive	iūstitiāriī iūstitiārī1	iūstitiāriōrum
Dative	iūstitiāriō	iūstitiāriīs
Accusative	iūstitiārium	iūstitiāriōs
Ablative	iūstitiāriō	iūstitiāriīs
Vocative	iūstitiārie	iūstitiāriī

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

Related terms

• iūstitiāria

Descendants

• English: justiciar, justiciary

Adjective

iūstitiārius (feminine iūstitiāria, neuter iūstitiārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Medieval Latin) Judiciary: of or related to justice or the judicial system.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	iūstitiārius	iūstitiāria	iūstitiārium		iūstitiāriī	iūstitiāriae	iūstitiāria
Genitive	iūstitiāriī	iūstitiāriae	iūstitiāriī		iūstitiāriōrum	iūstitiāriārum	iūstitiāriōrum
Dative	iūstitiāriō		iūstitiāriō		iūstitiāriīs
Accusative	iūstitiārium	iūstitiāriam	iūstitiārium		iūstitiāriōs	iūstitiāriās	iūstitiāria
Ablative	iūstitiāriō	iūstitiāriā	iūstitiāriō		iūstitiāriīs
Vocative	iūstitiārie	iūstitiāria	iūstitiārium		iūstitiāriī	iūstitiāriae	iūstitiāria

Descendants

• English: justiciary

References

• iustitiarius 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)