topiarius

== Latin == === Etymology === From topia (“ornamental gardening”) +‎ -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tɔ.piˈaː.ri.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [to.piˈaː.ri.us] === Noun === topiārius m (genitive topiāriī or topiārī); second declension landscape gardener, nurseryman ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). === Adjective === topiārius (feminine topiāria, neuter topiārium); first/second-declension adjective related to landscape gardening, having a connection to plant nursery, topiary ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== Italian: topiario Spanish: topiario === References === “topiarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “topiarius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.