carcerarius

Latin

Etymology

carcer (prison, jail) + -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns)

Pronunciation

Adjective

carcerārius (feminine carcerāria, neuter carcerārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (relational) of or belonging to a prison or its administration, carceral

Declension

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Derived terms

  • carcerārium n (Mediaeval)

Descendants

  • Catalan: carcerari
  • Italian: carcerario

Noun

carcerārius m (genitive carcerāriī or carcerārī); second declension

  1. a jailkeeper, a jailer
    Synonym: carceris custōs m
    • Inscr. Grut. 80.5
    • Don., ad Ter. Phorm. 2.3.26
    • CIL 6.1057.7
  2. a prisoner
    • Don., Phorm. 373
    • Greg.-T., Franc. 10.6
  3. (Medieval Latin, medicine) a sick or infirm person confined to bed or to a clinic [1270]

Declension

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Descendants

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