insularius

Latin

Etymology

From īnsula (“island”), also used figuratively to refer to a house for the poor.

Pronunciation

Noun

īnsulārius m (genitive īnsulāriī or īnsulārī); second declension

  1. A tenant in an īnsula

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative īnsulārius īnsulāriī
Genitive īnsulāriī
īnsulārī1		 īnsulāriōrum
Dative īnsulāriō īnsulāriīs
Accusative īnsulārium īnsulāriōs
Ablative īnsulāriō īnsulāriīs
Vocative īnsulārie īnsulāriī

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

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