arcuarius

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ar.kuˈaː.ri.us/, [ärkuˈäːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ar.kuˈa.ri.us/, [ärkuˈäːrius]

Adjective

arcuārius (feminine arcuāria, neuter arcuārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) bow

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	arcuārius	arcuāria	arcuārium		arcuāriī	arcuāriae	arcuāria
Genitive	arcuāriī	arcuāriae	arcuāriī		arcuāriōrum	arcuāriārum	arcuāriōrum
Dative	arcuāriō		arcuāriō		arcuāriīs
Accusative	arcuārium	arcuāriam	arcuārium		arcuāriōs	arcuāriās	arcuāria
Ablative	arcuāriō	arcuāriā	arcuāriō		arcuāriīs
Vocative	arcuārie	arcuāria	arcuārium		arcuāriī	arcuāriae	arcuāria

Related terms

• arcus

Noun

arcuārius m (genitive arcuāriī or arcuārī); second declension

1. A bowyer, bow-maker

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	arcuārius	arcuāriī
Genitive	arcuāriī arcuārī1	arcuāriōrum
Dative	arcuāriō	arcuāriīs
Accusative	arcuārium	arcuāriōs
Ablative	arcuāriō	arcuāriīs
Vocative	arcuārie	arcuāriī

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

Descendants

• Vulgar Latin: *arcārius
  • Balkan Romance:
    • Romanian: arcar
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: arquer
    • Old French: archier (see there for further descendants)
    • Occitan: arquièr
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Asturian: arqueru
    • Galician: arqueiro
    • Portuguese: arqueiro
    • Spanish: arquero

References

• “arcuarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• arcuarius 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)
• arcuarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.