librarius

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin librārius.

Noun

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librarius (plural librarii)

  1. (historical) An ancient or medieval scribe, copyist, or secretary.
  2. (historical) An ancient or medieval bookseller.

Latin

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Etymology

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From liber (book) +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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librārius (feminine librāria, neuter librārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of or pertaining to books

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative librārius librāria librārium librāriī librāriae librāria
genitive librāriī librāriae librāriī librāriōrum librāriārum librāriōrum
dative librāriō librāriae librāriō librāriīs
accusative librārium librāriam librārium librāriōs librāriās librāria
ablative librāriō librāriā librāriō librāriīs
vocative librārie librāria librārium librāriī librāriae librāria

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Noun

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librārius m (genitive librāriī or librārī, feminine librāria); second declension

  1. a scribe, copyist, secretary
  2. a bookseller

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

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  • librarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • librarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • librarius 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)
  • librarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • librarius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers