ocularius

Latin

Etymology

From oculus (“eye”) +‎ -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /o.kuˈlaː.ri.us/, [ɔkʊˈɫ̪äːriʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /o.kuˈla.ri.us/, [okuˈläːrius]

Adjective

oculārius (feminine oculāria, neuter oculārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of or pertaining to the eyes
    Synonym: oculāris

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative oculārius oculāria oculārium oculāriī oculāriae oculāria
Genitive oculāriī oculāriae oculāriī oculāriōrum oculāriārum oculāriōrum
Dative oculāriō oculāriō oculāriīs
Accusative oculārium oculāriam oculārium oculāriōs oculāriās oculāria
Ablative oculāriō oculāriā oculāriō oculāriīs
Vocative oculārie oculāria oculārium oculāriī oculāriae oculāria

Noun

oculārius m (genitive oculāriī or oculārī); second declension

  1. oculist (eye doctor)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative oculārius oculāriī
Genitive oculāriī
oculārī1		 oculāriōrum
Dative oculāriō oculāriīs
Accusative oculārium oculāriōs
Ablative oculāriō oculāriīs
Vocative oculārie oculāriī

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

References
  • “ocularius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ocularius 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)
  • ocularius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • “ocularius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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