candelabrarius
Latin
Etymology
From candēlābrum (“candlestick”), from candēla (“candle, taper”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kan.deː.ɫaːˈbraː.ri.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kan̪.d̪e.laˈbraː.ri.us]
Noun
candēlābrārius m (genitive candēlābrāriī or candēlābrārī); second declension
- A candlestick or chandelier maker.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms
References
- “candelabrarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- candelabrarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.