duplicarius
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin duplicārius, from duplicō (“multiply by two”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌdjuː.plɪˈkɛəɹi.əs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌd(j)u.plɪˈkɛɹi.əs/
- Rhymes: -ɛəɹi.əs
Noun
duplicarius (plural duplicarii)
- (historical) A member of the Ancient Roman army who received double the basic pay.
Latin
Etymology
From duplicō (“multiply by two”) + -ārius.
Noun
duplicārius m (genitive duplicāriī or duplicārī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | duplicārius | duplicāriī |
| genitive | duplicāriī duplicārī1 |
duplicāriōrum |
| dative | duplicāriō | duplicāriīs |
| accusative | duplicārium | duplicāriōs |
| ablative | duplicāriō | duplicāriīs |
| vocative | duplicārie | duplicāriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “duplicarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “duplicarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "duplicarius", 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)