ostiarius

Latin

Etymology

From ostium (“door”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /os.tiˈaː.ri.us/, [ɔs.tɪˈaː.ri.ʊs]

Adjective

ostiārius (feminine ostiāria, neuter ostiārium); first/second declension

  1. of or pertaining to a door

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ostiārius ostiāria ostiārium ostiāriī ostiāriae ostiāria
Genitive ostiāriī ostiāriae ostiāriī ostiāriōrum ostiāriārum ostiāriōrum
Dative ostiāriō ostiāriō ostiāriīs
Accusative ostiārium ostiāriam ostiārium ostiāriōs ostiāriās ostiāria
Ablative ostiāriō ostiāriā ostiāriō ostiāriīs
Vocative ostiārie ostiāria ostiārium ostiāriī ostiāriae ostiāria

Noun

ostiārius m (genitive ostiāriī); second declension

  1. porter, doorman

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ostiārius ostiāriī
Genitive ostiāriī ostiāriōrum
Dative ostiāriō ostiāriīs
Accusative ostiārium ostiāriōs
Ablative ostiāriō ostiāriīs
Vocative ostiārie ostiāriī

Descendants

References
  • ostiarius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ostiarius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • ostiarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • ostiarius in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ostiarius in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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