lorarius
English
Noun
lorarius (plural lorarii)
- (historical) An attendant who whips reluctant gladiators or animals into fighting.
Latin
Etymology
From lōrum (“leather thong, whip”) + -ārius.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫoːˈraː.ri.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [loˈraː.ri.us]
Noun
lōrārius m (genitive lōrāriī or lōrārī); second declension
- an attendant who whips reluctant gladiators or animals into fighting[1]
- (Epigraphic Latin) a harness or strap-maker
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lōrārius | lōrāriī |
| genitive | lōrāriī lōrārī1 |
lōrāriōrum |
| dative | lōrāriō | lōrāriīs |
| accusative | lōrārium | lōrāriōs |
| ablative | lōrāriō | lōrāriīs |
| vocative | lōrārie | lōrāriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- ^ Lawrence Keppie, "A Centurion of Legio Martia at Padova?" Journal of Roman Military Equipment Studies 2 (1991), as reprinted in Legions and Veterans: Roman Army Papers 1971–2000 (Steiner, 2000), p. 68.
Further reading
- “lōrārĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lōrārĭus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- lorarius, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011