valetudinarius

== Latin == === Etymology === From valētūdō (“state of health, health, ill health”) +‎ -ārius, from valeō (“to be strong or well”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wa.ɫeː.tuː.dɪˈnaː.ri.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [va.le.tu.diˈnaː.ri.us] === Adjective === valētūdinārius (feminine valētūdināria, neuter valētūdinārium); first/second-declension adjective sickly, weak, infirm ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: valetudinari English: valetudinarian French: valétudinaire Galician: valetudinario Italian: valetudinario Portuguese: valetudinário Spanish: valetudinario === References === “valetudinarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “valetudinarius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.