casearius

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From cāseus (cheese) +‎ -ārius (relational suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

cāseārius (feminine cāseāria, neuter cāseārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of or pertaining to cheese

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative cāseārius cāseāria cāseārium cāseāriī cāseāriae cāseāria
genitive cāseāriī cāseāriae cāseāriī cāseāriōrum cāseāriārum cāseāriōrum
dative cāseāriō cāseāriae cāseāriō cāseāriīs
accusative cāseārium cāseāriam cāseārium cāseāriōs cāseāriās cāseāria
ablative cāseāriō cāseāriā cāseāriō cāseāriīs
vocative cāseārie cāseāria cāseārium cāseāriī cāseāriae cāseāria

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: caciaio, caciaro
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Borrowings:
  • Late Latin: taberna cāseāria (lodge for cheese-making)

Noun

cāseārius m (genitive cāseāriī or cāseārī); second declension (Late Latin)

  1. cheesemonger
  2. a wicker basket in which cheese is dried

Declension

Second-declension noun.

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

Descendants

  • Balkano-Romance:
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
    • Friulian: cjasâr
  • Gallo-Italic:
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Old French: chasier, chasiere (cheese-basket)
  • Ibero-Romance:

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