scutarius

Latin

Etymology

From scūtum (shield) +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

Adjective

scūtārius (feminine scūtāria, neuter scūtārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (Late Latin) of a shield, belonging to a shield

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative scūtārius scūtāria scūtārium scūtāriī scūtāriae scūtāria
genitive scūtāriī scūtāriae scūtāriī scūtāriōrum scūtāriārum scūtāriōrum
dative scūtāriō scūtāriae scūtāriō scūtāriīs
accusative scūtārium scūtāriam scūtārium scūtāriōs scūtāriās scūtāria
ablative scūtāriō scūtāriā scūtāriō scūtāriīs
vocative scūtārie scūtāria scūtārium scūtāriī scūtāriae scūtāria

Noun

scūtārius m (genitive scūtāriī or scūtārī); second declension

  1. shieldmaker
  2. (Late Latin) guard (armed with a shield)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

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

Descendants

  • Balkan Romance:
    • Romanian: scutar
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: escuder
    • Old Francoprovençal: escuier
      • Franco-Provençal: êcuyer
    • Old French: escuier (see there for further descendants)
    • Old Occitan: escudier (see there for further descendants)
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Borrowings:
    • Byzantine Greek: σκουτάριος (skoutários), σκουτέριος (skoutérios)

References

  • scutarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "scutarius", 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)
  • scutarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • scutarius in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016