Latin edit

Etymology edit

From lignum (firewood) +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

lignārius (feminine lignāria, neuter lignārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Of or belonging to wood.

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative lignārius lignāria lignārium lignāriī lignāriae lignāria
Genitive lignāriī lignāriae lignāriī lignāriōrum lignāriārum lignāriōrum
Dative lignāriō lignāriō lignāriīs
Accusative lignārium lignāriam lignārium lignāriōs lignāriās lignāria
Ablative lignāriō lignāriā lignāriō lignāriīs
Vocative lignārie lignāria lignārium lignāriī lignāriae lignāria

Noun edit

lignārius m (genitive lignāriī or lignārī); second declension

  1. carpenter, joiner
  2. wood carrier
  3. woodcutter

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lignārius lignāriī
Genitive lignāriī
lignārī1
lignāriōrum
Dative lignāriō lignāriīs
Accusative lignārium lignāriōs
Ablative lignāriō lignāriīs
Vocative lignārie lignāriī

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

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Aromanian: limnar
  • Portuguese: lenheiro
  • Romanian: lemnar
  • Spanish: leñero

References edit

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