vexillarius
Latin
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯eːk.silˈlaː.ri.us/, [u̯eːks̠ɪlˈlʲäːriʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /vek.silˈla.ri.us/, [veɡzilˈläːrius]
Noun
editvēxillārius m (genitive vēxillāriī or vēxillārī); second declension
- standard-bearer
- Synonym: vēxillifer
- chief of a group, gang
- (military, in the plural) re-enlisted veterans
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vēxillārius | vēxillāriī |
| Genitive | vēxillāriī vēxillārī1 |
vēxillāriōrum |
| Dative | vēxillāriō | vēxillāriīs |
| Accusative | vēxillārium | vēxillāriōs |
| Ablative | vēxillāriō | vēxillāriīs |
| Vocative | vēxillārie | vēxillāriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
edit- → English: vexillary
- → French: vexillaire
- → Italian: vessillario
- → Portuguese: vexilário
References
edit- “vexillarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vexillarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.