sortiarius
Latin
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editEtymology
editFrom sort- (“fate, fortune”) + -ārius (occupational suffix), hence with an etymological sense of 'fortune-teller'. Attested in the writings of Hincmar.[1]
Noun
editsortiārius m (genitive sortiāriī or sortiārī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin)
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | sortiārius | sortiāriī |
Genitive | sortiāriī sortiārī1 |
sortiāriōrum |
Dative | sortiāriō | sortiāriīs |
Accusative | sortiārium | sortiāriōs |
Ablative | sortiāriō | sortiāriīs |
Vocative | sortiārie | sortiāriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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editReferences
edit- ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “sortiarius”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 981