topiarius

Latin

Etymology

From topia (“ornamental gardening”) +‎ -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

Pronunciation

Noun

topiārius m (genitive topiāriī or topiārī); second declension

  1. landscape gardener, nurseryman

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative topiārius topiāriī
genitive topiāriī
topiārī1 		topiāriōrum
dative topiāriō topiāriīs
accusative topiārium topiāriōs
ablative topiāriō topiāriīs
vocative topiārie topiāriī

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

Adjective

topiārius (feminine topiāria, neuter topiārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. related to landscape gardening, having a connection to plant nursery, topiary

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative topiārius topiāria topiārium topiāriī topiāriae topiāria
genitive topiāriī topiāriae topiāriī topiāriōrum topiāriārum topiāriōrum
dative topiāriō topiāriae topiāriō topiāriīs
accusative topiārium topiāriam topiārium topiāriōs topiāriās topiāria
ablative topiāriō topiāriā topiāriō topiāriīs
vocative topiārie topiāria topiārium topiāriī topiāriae topiāria

Descendants

  • Italian: topiario
  • Spanish: topiario

References

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