Latin edit

Etymology edit

From ōrdō, ōrdinis (order, arrangement) +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

ōrdinārius (feminine ōrdināria, neuter ōrdinārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of or relating to order; orderly, usual, customary, regular, ordinary
    Synonyms: cotīdiānus, ūsuālis, sollemnis

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ōrdinārius ōrdināria ōrdinārium ōrdināriī ōrdināriae ōrdināria
Genitive ōrdināriī ōrdināriae ōrdināriī ōrdināriōrum ōrdināriārum ōrdināriōrum
Dative ōrdināriō ōrdināriō ōrdināriīs
Accusative ōrdinārium ōrdināriam ōrdinārium ōrdināriōs ōrdināriās ōrdināria
Ablative ōrdināriō ōrdināriā ōrdināriō ōrdināriīs
Vocative ōrdinārie ōrdināria ōrdinārium ōrdināriī ōrdināriae ōrdināria

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Noun edit

ōrdinārius m (genitive ōrdināriī or ōrdinārī); second declension

  1. overseer (who keeps order)
  2. (military) centurion of the first cohort
  3. (Medieval Latin) an ordinary; a judge or bishop having regular jurisdiction

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ōrdinārius ōrdināriī
Genitive ōrdināriī
ōrdinārī1
ōrdināriōrum
Dative ōrdināriō ōrdināriīs
Accusative ōrdinārium ōrdināriōs
Ablative ōrdināriō ōrdināriīs
Vocative ōrdinārie ōrdināriī

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

References edit

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