panchrestarius
Latin
Etymology
From panchrestus (“good or useful for everything, universal”), from Ancient Greek πάγχρηστος (pánkhrēstos, “good for all work”).
Noun
panchrestārius m (genitive panchrestāriī or panchrestārī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | panchrestārius | panchrestāriī |
| genitive | panchrestāriī panchrestārī1 |
panchrestāriōrum |
| dative | panchrestāriō | panchrestāriīs |
| accusative | panchrestārium | panchrestāriōs |
| ablative | panchrestāriō | panchrestāriīs |
| vocative | panchrestārie | panchrestāriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Synonyms
- (confectioner): crustulārius, cuppēdinārius, dulciārius
Related terms
References
- “panchrestarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- panchrestarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.