lanciarius

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

lancea (“lance, spear”) +‎ -ārius (occupational suffix).

Noun

lanciārius m (genitive lanciāriī or lanciārī); second declension

  1. (Late Latin) lancer

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative lanciārius lanciāriī
genitive lanciāriī
lanciārī1 		lanciāriōrum
dative lanciāriō lanciāriīs
accusative lanciārium lanciāriōs
ablative lanciāriō lanciāriīs
vocative lanciārie lanciāriī

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

Descendants

  • Asturian: llanceru
  • Catalan: llancer
  • French: lancier
  • Galician: lanceiro
  • Italian: lanciaio
  • Portuguese: lanceiro
  • Spanish: lancero

References

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