ostiarius

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ōstiārius. === Noun === ostiarius (plural ostiarii) (historical) An ostiary; a doorman; a porter. (Winchester College) A student office held by a prefect with the duties of keeping order, collecting the vulguses, and ensuring the other students attend class. == Latin == === Etymology === From ōstium (“door”) +‎ -ārius. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [oːs.tiˈaː.ri.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [os.tiˈaː.ri.us] === Adjective === ōstiārius (feminine ōstiāria, neuter ōstiārium); first/second-declension adjective of or pertaining to a door ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === Noun === ōstiārius m (genitive ōstiāriī or ōstiārī); second declension porter, doorman ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). === Related terms === ōstiātim ōstiolum === Descendants === === References === “ostiarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "ostiarius", 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) “ostiarius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “ostiarius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “ostiarius”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin