frumentarius

== Latin == === Etymology === From frūmentum +‎ -ārius. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fruː.mɛnˈtaː.ri.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [fru.menˈtaː.ri.us] === Adjective === frūmentārius (feminine frūmentāria, neuter frūmentārium); first/second-declension adjective (relational) grain, corn (especially concerning its supply) ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== === Noun === frūmentārius m (genitive frūmentāriī or frūmentārī); second declension a corn-dealer a spy a member of the secret police ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). === References === “frumentarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "frumentarius", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “frumentarius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.