-arius

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aː.ri.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.ri.us] === Etymology 1 === From earlier Proto-Italic *-āzios (cf. Oscan 𐌔𐌀𐌊𐌓𐌀𐌔𐌉𐌀𐌔 (sakrasias) and Umbrian 𐌐𐌋𐌄𐌍𐌀𐌔𐌉𐌄𐌓 (plenasier)), formed from *-āso- (from PIE *-eh₂so-, cf. the Hittite appurtenance suffix -ašša-), extended with the relational adjectival suffix *-yós (“belonging to”). ==== Suffix ==== -ārius (feminine -āria, neuter -ārium); first/second-declension suffix Used to form adjectives from nouns or numerals. ‎camera (“vault, arch”) + ‎-ārius → ‎camerārius (“climbing, creeping”) ‎ordō (“line, row”) + ‎-ārius → ‎ordinārius (“ordinary, of the rank and file”) ‎quaternī (“four at a time, by fours”) + ‎-ārius → ‎quaternārius (“quaternary”) ===== Usage notes ===== The nominative neuter form -ārium, when appended to nouns, forms derivative nouns denoting a “place where things are kept”. ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → French: -aire m or f by sense → Italian: -ario m === Etymology 2 === Nominalization of the above suffix. ==== Suffix ==== -ārius m (genitive -āriī or -ārī, feminine -āria); second declension (masculine only) -er; Used to form nouns denoting an agent of use, such as a dealer or artisan, from other nouns. ‎argentum (“silver”) + ‎-ārius → ‎argentārius (“banker”) ‎avicula (“little bird”) + ‎-ārius → ‎aviculārius (“bird keeper”) ‎rēte (“net”) + ‎-ārius → ‎rētiārius (“net fighter”) ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== === References ===