Triarius

See also: triarius

Latin

Etymology

From triārius (“a veteran hoplite”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /triˈaː.ri.us/, [t̪riˈäːriʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /triˈa.ri.us/, [t̪riˈäːrius]

Proper noun

Triārius m sg (genitive Triāriī or Triārī); second declension

  1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
    1. Gaius Valerius Triarius, a Roman praetor

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Triārius
Genitive Triāriī
Triārī1
Dative Triāriō
Accusative Triārium
Ablative Triāriō
Vocative Triārī

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

References
  • “Triarius”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • Triarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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