ostiarius
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ōstiārius.
Noun
ostiarius (plural ostiarii)
- (historical) An ostiary; a doorman; a porter.
- (Winchester College) A student office held by a prefect with the duties of keeping order, collecting the vulguses, and ensuring the other students attend class.
Latin
Etymology
From ōstium (“door”) + -ārius.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [oːs.tiˈaː.ri.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [os.t̪iˈaː.ri.us]
Adjective
ōstiārius (feminine ōstiāria, neuter ōstiārium); first/second-declension adjective
- of or pertaining to a door
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | ōstiārius | ōstiāria | ōstiārium | ōstiāriī | ōstiāriae | ōstiāria | |
| genitive | ōstiāriī | ōstiāriae | ōstiāriī | ōstiāriōrum | ōstiāriārum | ōstiāriōrum | |
| dative | ōstiāriō | ōstiāriae | ōstiāriō | ōstiāriīs | |||
| accusative | ōstiārium | ōstiāriam | ōstiārium | ōstiāriōs | ōstiāriās | ōstiāria | |
| ablative | ōstiāriō | ōstiāriā | ōstiāriō | ōstiāriīs | |||
| vocative | ōstiārie | ōstiāria | ōstiārium | ōstiāriī | ōstiāriae | ōstiāria | |
Noun
ōstiārius m (genitive ōstiāriī or ōstiārī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ostiārius | ostiāriī |
| genitive | ostiāriī ostiārī1 |
ostiāriōrum |
| dative | ostiāriō | ostiāriīs |
| accusative | ostiārium | ostiāriōs |
| ablative | ostiāriō | ostiāriīs |
| vocative | ostiārie | ostiāriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms
Descendants
- Aragonese: ostiero
- → Byzantine Greek: ὀστιάριος (ostiários)
- Catalan: uixer, → ostiari (learned)
- → English: ostiary
- → French: ostiaire
- Galician: ucheira
- Italian: ostiario, usciere
- Old French: ussier
- → Old Irish: aistire
- Irish: aistire
- → Portuguese: ostiário
- Portuguese: ucheiro
- Romanian: ușar, ușier
- → Spanish: ostiario
References
- “ostiarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "ostiarius", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- ostiarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “ostiarius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ostiarius”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin