secretarius

Latin

Etymology

    First attested in the 11th century. From sēcrētus (“confided only to a few”, “secret”, “hidden”; “secluded”, “deserted”) +‎ -ārius (suffix forming agent nouns).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    sēcrētārius m (genitive sēcrētāriī or sēcrētārī); second declension (Medieval Latin)

    1. a privy councillor
    2. a confidential clerk, scribe, or secretary
    3. an officer charged with forestry duties, a forest official
    4. a sacrist or sexton, a sacristan

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative sēcrētārius sēcrētāriī
    genitive sēcrētāriī
    sēcrētārī1     		sēcrētāriōrum
    dative sēcrētāriō sēcrētāriīs
    accusative sēcrētārium sēcrētāriōs
    ablative sēcrētāriō sēcrētāriīs
    vocative sēcrētārie sēcrētāriī

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

    Descendants

    References

    • "secretarius", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “secretarius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • secretarius in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
    • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “secretarius (subst.)”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 950/2
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