viarius

Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin VIASIEIS. By surface analysis, via +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯iˈaː.ri.us/, [u̯iˈäːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /viˈa.ri.us/, [viˈäːrius]

Adjective

viārius (feminine viāria, neuter viārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or belonging to the highways or roads
   • 62 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 8.6.5:

     Quod tibi supra scripsi Curionem valde frigere, iam calet; nam ferventissime concerpitur; levissime enim, quia de intercalando non obtinuerat, transfugit ad populum et pro Caesare loqui coepit legemque viariam, non dissimilem agrariae Rulli, et alimentariam, quae iubet aediles metiri, iactavit: hoc nondum fecerat, cum priorem partem epistulae scripsi.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	viārius	viāria	viārium		viāriī	viāriae	viāria
genitive	viāriī	viāriae	viāriī		viāriōrum	viāriārum	viāriōrum
dative	viāriō	viāriae	viāriō		viāriīs
accusative	viārium	viāriam	viārium		viāriōs	viāriās	viāria
ablative	viāriō	viāriā	viāriō		viāriīs
vocative	viārī	viāria	viārium		viāriī	viāriae	viāria

Derived terms

• Lēx Viāria f

Descendants

• → Italian: viario
• → Spanish: viario

Further reading

• “vĭārĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press