scalarius

Latin

Etymology

From scālae (“ladder”).

Pronunciation

Noun

scālārius m (genitive scālāriī or scālārī); second declension

  1. A maker of staircases.
  2. A fireman responsible for the ladders.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative scālārius scālāriī
Genitive scālāriī
scālārī1		 scālāriōrum
Dative scālāriō scālāriīs
Accusative scālārium scālāriōs
Ablative scālāriō scālāriīs
Vocative scālārie scālāriī

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

References
  • scalarius 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)
  • scalarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • scalarius in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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