caementarius

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From caementum (“rubble, rough stone pieces, mortar”) +‎ -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

Noun

caementārius m (genitive caementāriī or caementārī); second declension

  1. mason, stonemason, stonecutter, wall-builder
  2. worker in concrete

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative caementārius caementāriī
Genitive caementāriī
caementārī1		 caementāriōrum
Dative caementāriō caementāriīs
Accusative caementārium caementāriōs
Ablative caementāriō caementāriīs
Vocative caementārie caementāriī

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

Synonyms

Descendants
  • French: cimentier
  • → Italian: cementario

Adjective

caementārius (feminine caementāria, neuter caementārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (relational) masonry, stonework

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative caementārius caementāria caementārium caementāriī caementāriae caementāria
Genitive caementāriī caementāriae caementāriī caementāriōrum caementāriārum caementāriōrum
Dative caementāriō caementāriō caementāriīs
Accusative caementārium caementāriam caementārium caementāriōs caementāriās caementāria
Ablative caementāriō caementāriā caementāriō caementāriīs
Vocative caementārie caementāria caementārium caementāriī caementāriae caementāria

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