tessellarius

== Latin == === Etymology === tessella +‎ -ārius. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tɛs.sɛlˈlaː.ri.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [tes.selˈlaː.ri.us] === Noun === tessellārius m (genitive tessellāriī or tessellārī); second declension mosaic-floor-maker, who makes the tiled ground, paviour ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). === References === “tessellarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “tessellarius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.