arietarius

Latin

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

arietārius (feminine arietāria, neuter arietārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. relating to the battering ram
    • Vitruvius Pollio, De Architectura 10.13:
      is autem, quod tardos conatus habuerat, testudinem arietariam appellare coepit.
      • Translation by Morris Hicky Morgan
        As the machine made but slow progress, he first gave it the name of the tortoise of the ram.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative arietārius arietāria arietārium arietāriī arietāriae arietāria
Genitive arietāriī arietāriae arietāriī arietāriōrum arietāriārum arietāriōrum
Dative arietāriō arietāriō arietāriīs
Accusative arietārium arietāriam arietārium arietāriōs arietāriās arietāria
Ablative arietāriō arietāriā arietāriō arietāriīs
Vocative arietārie arietāria arietārium arietāriī arietāriae arietāria

References

  • arietarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • arietarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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