essedarius

Latin

Etymology

From essedum (a type of chariot) +‎ -ārius.

Noun

essedārius m (genitive essedāriī or essedārī); second declension

  1. a Gaulish or Britannic charioteer
  2. a gladiator who fights from a chariot

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative essedārius essedāriī
genitive essedāriī
essedārī1 		essedāriōrum
dative essedāriō essedāriīs
accusative essedārium essedāriōs
ablative essedāriō essedāriīs
vocative essedārie essedāriī

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

References

  • “essedarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “essedarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • essedarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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