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) of, related to or concerned with grain, corn [first attested in Cato the Elder] of, related to or concerned with supplying, foraging, producing or storing corn or (loosely, chiefly military) other provisions, food supplies rēs frūmentāria ― the business of supplying with, or foraging for, corn; corn, food supplies (see pābulātiō) ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== === Noun === frūmentārius m (genitive frūmentāriī or frūmentārī); second declension (trading) a grain-dealer; a retailer of grain [first attested in Plautus] (military) a forager (soldier charged with finding food or supplies) Synonyms: frūmentātor, pābulātor Coordinate terms: aquātor, lignātor a member of the frūmentāriī (Roman intelligence agents, messengers and secret police) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). === See also === pābulor === References === === Further reading === “frūmentārĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “frūmentārius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “frūmentārĭus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. "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)