angarius

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek ἄγγαρος (ángaros, Persian mounted courier), from an uncertain non-Greek (probably Middle Eastern) source. Compare ἄγγελος (ángelos).

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Noun[edit]

angarius m (genitive angariī or angarī); second declension

  1. courier, messenger

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative angarius angariī
Genitive angariī
angarī1
angariōrum
Dative angariō angariīs
Accusative angarium angariōs
Ablative angariō angariīs
Vocative angarie angariī

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

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