blattarius

== Latin == === Etymology === From blatta +‎ -ārius. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bɫatˈtaː.ri.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [blatˈtaː.ri.us] === Adjective === blattārius (feminine blattāria, neuter blattārium); first/second-declension adjective pertaining to or suitable for blattae (q.v.) (of a place, figuratively) dark, dim, gloomy, obscure (so called from the dislike of blattae of the light) ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== blattāria === References === “blattārĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “blattārĭus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 221/3. “blattārius” on page 236/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)