operarius

Latin

Etymology

From opera (work, labor) +‎ -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

Pronunciation

Adjective

operārius (feminine operāria, neuter operārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (relational) labouring, working

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative operārius operāria operārium operāriī operāriae operāria
genitive operāriī operāriae operāriī operāriōrum operāriārum operāriōrum
dative operāriō operāriae operāriō operāriīs
accusative operārium operāriam operārium operāriōs operāriās operāria
ablative operāriō operāriā operāriō operāriīs
vocative operārie operāria operārium operāriī operāriae operāria

Noun

operārius m (genitive operāriī or operārī); second declension

  1. labourer, worker

Declension

Second-declension noun.

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

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: operaio
      • Piedmontese: operaj
      • Sicilian: opiraiu, operaiu
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Piedmontese: ovrié
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: obrer
    • Occitan:
      • Auvergnat: obrièir
      • Gascon: obrèr
      • Languedocien: obrièr
      • Limousin: obrier
      • Provençal: obrier
      • Vivaro-Alpine: obrier
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Borrowings:

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