calcarius

See also: Calcarius

Latin

Etymology

From calx (“lime”) +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

Adjective

calcārius (feminine calcāria, neuter calcārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to lime.
  2. Designed for burning lime.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative calcārius calcāria calcārium calcāriī calcāriae calcāria
Genitive calcāriī calcāriae calcāriī calcāriōrum calcāriārum calcāriōrum
Dative calcāriō calcāriō calcāriīs
Accusative calcārium calcāriam calcārium calcāriōs calcāriās calcāria
Ablative calcāriō calcāriā calcāriō calcāriīs
Vocative calcārie calcāria calcārium calcāriī calcāriae calcāria

Derived terms

Descendants

Noun

calcārius m (genitive calcāriī or calcārī); second declension

  1. A lime-burner.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative calcārius calcāriī
Genitive calcāriī
calcārī1		 calcāriōrum
Dative calcāriō calcāriīs
Accusative calcārium calcāriōs
Ablative calcāriō calcāriīs
Vocative calcārie calcāriī

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

References
  • “calcarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • calcarius 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)
  • calcarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to put spurs to a horse: calcaria subdere equo
    • (ambiguous) to spur, urge a person on: calcaria alicui adhibere, admovere; stimulos alicui admovere
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