angarius
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄγγαρος (ángaros, “Persian mounted courier”), from an uncertain non-Greek (probably Middle Eastern) source. Compare ἄγγελος (ángelos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aŋˈɡa.ri.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aŋˈɡaː.ri.us]
Noun
angarius m (genitive angariī or angarī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | angarius | angariī |
| genitive | angariī angarī1 |
angariōrum |
| dative | angariō | angariīs |
| accusative | angarium | angariōs |
| ablative | angariō | angariīs |
| vocative | angarie | angariī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
References
- “angarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "angarius", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- angarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.