baiulus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown. It easily is some substrate vocabulary via employment of foreign workers.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbaːj.ju.lus/, [ˈbaːj.jʊ.ɫʊs]

Noun

bāiulus m (genitive bāiulī); second declension

  1. a carrier: a porter
  2. one who carries an activity out or on, particularly:
    1. a manager: a steward or (Medieval) bailiff
    2. an administrator

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bāiulus bāiulī
Genitive bāiulī bāiulōrum
Dative bāiulō bāiulīs
Accusative bāiulum bāiulōs
Ablative bāiulō bāiulīs
Vocative bāiule bāiulī

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (2001), “baiulus”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), with additions and corrections of André J., 4th edition, Paris: Klincksieck, page 64
  • baiulus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • baiulus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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