veterinarius

== Latin == === Etymology === veterīnum (“draught-cattle”) +‎ -ārius, from vetus (“old”). As an adjective and substantive from Columella onwards. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɛ.tɛ.riːˈnaː.ri.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ve.te.riˈnaː.ri.us] === Adjective === veterīnārius (feminine veterīnāria, neuter veterīnārium); first/second-declension adjective (relational) concerned with the medical treatment of domestic animals ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === Noun === veterīnārius m (genitive veterīnāriī or veterīnārī, feminine veterīnāria); second declension a cattle-doctor, veterinarian ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). === Descendants === For more, see veterinarian. === References === “ueterīnārius” on page 2260 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012) === Further reading === “veterinarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “veterinarius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.