vexillarius
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [weːk.sɪlˈlaː.ri.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [veɡ.zilˈlaː.ri.us]
Noun
vēxillārius m (genitive vēxillāriī or vēxillārī); second declension
- standard-bearer
- Synonym: vēxillifer
- chief of a group, gang
- (military, in the plural) re-enlisted veterans
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vēxillārius | vēxillāriī |
| genitive | vēxillāriī vēxillārī1 |
vēxillāriōrum |
| dative | vēxillāriō | vēxillāriīs |
| accusative | vēxillārium | vēxillāriōs |
| ablative | vēxillāriō | vēxillāriīs |
| vocative | vēxillārie | vēxillāriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- → English: vexillary
- → French: vexillaire
- → Italian: vessillario
- → Portuguese: vexilário
References
- “vexillarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vexillarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.