LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

arcārius1

arcārius (feminine arcāria, neuter arcārium)
Classical[arˈkaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[arˈkaː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. adjectiverelationalcash, treasury

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativearcāriusarcāriaarcārium
genitivearcāriīarcāriaearcāriī
dativearcāriōarcāriaearcāriō
accusativearcāriumarcāriamarcārium
ablativearcāriōarcāriāarcāriō
vocativearcāriearcāriaarcārium
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativearcāriīarcāriaearcāria
genitivearcāriōrumarcāriārumarcāriōrum
dativearcāriīsarcāriīsarcāriīs
accusativearcāriōsarcāriāsarcāria
ablativearcāriīsarcāriīsarcāriīs
vocativearcāriīarcāriaearcāria

arcārĭus, a, um, adj. arca, I. B.,
I. of or pertaining to a money-box or ready money: nomina, Gai. Inst. 1. 3, § 131 Goes.—Hence, arcārĭus, i, m., a treasurer (late Lat.): arcarii gazae tuae, Vulg. Esth. 3, 9: arcarius civitatis, ib. Rom. 16, 23; Dig. 40, 5, 41.— Also, a controller of public revenues, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 43.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk-der. Latin arca Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin arcārius From arca (“chest, box, coffer”) + -ārius.

noun · masculine
arcārius2
*arcārius m

Meaning

  1. Proto Romancereconstructionarcher, bowman, bow-maker

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂erkʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂erkʷos
  3. Proto-Italic*arkuos
  4. Latinarcārius

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin arcuārius Latin *arcarius Alteration of earlier arcuārius.

Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanarquer
  • Occitanarquièr
  • Old Frencharchier
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesearqueiro
  • Spanisharquero
  • Asturianarqueru
  • Galicianarqueiro
Balkan Romance
  • Romanianarcar

Quick answers

What does arcārius mean in Latin?
arcārius, a adjective, means “cash, treasury”.
How do you pronounce arcārius?
In classical Latin, [arˈkaː.ri.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [arˈkaː.ri.us].