ostiarius

English

Etymology

Latin ostiārius

Noun

ostiarius (plural ostiarii)

  1. (historical) ostiary; doorman; porter

Latin

Etymology

From ostium (“door”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /os.tiˈaː.ri.us/, [ɔs̠t̪iˈäːriʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /os.tiˈa.ri.us/, [ost̪iˈäːrius]

Adjective

ostiārius (feminine ostiāria, neuter ostiārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of or pertaining to a door

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ostiārius ostiāria ostiārium ostiāriī ostiāriae ostiāria
Genitive ostiāriī ostiāriae ostiāriī ostiāriōrum ostiāriārum ostiāriōrum
Dative ostiāriō ostiāriō ostiāriīs
Accusative ostiārium ostiāriam ostiārium ostiāriōs ostiāriās ostiāria
Ablative ostiāriō ostiāriā ostiāriō ostiāriīs
Vocative ostiārie ostiāria ostiārium ostiāriī ostiāriae ostiāria

Noun

ostiārius m (genitive ostiāriī or ostiārī); second declension

  1. porter, doorman

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ostiārius ostiāriī
Genitive ostiāriī
ostiārī1		 ostiāriōrum
Dative ostiāriō ostiāriīs
Accusative ostiārium ostiāriōs
Ablative ostiāriō ostiāriīs
Vocative ostiārie ostiāriī

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

Descendants

References
  • “ostiarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ostiarius 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)
  • ostiarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • “ostiarius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “ostiarius”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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