adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
arietārius
arietārius (feminine arietāria, neuter arietārium)
Classical[a.ri.ɛˈtaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[a.ri.eˈtaː.ri.us]
Meaning
- adjectiverelating to the battering ram
is autem, quod tardos conatus habuerat, testudinem arietariam appellare coepit.
Translation by Morris Hicky Morgan As the machine made but slow progress, he first gave it the name of the tortoise of the ram.Vitruvius Pollio, De Architectura 10.13
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | arietārius | arietāria | arietārium |
| genitive | arietāriī | arietāriae | arietāriī |
| dative | arietāriō | arietāriae | arietāriō |
| accusative | arietārium | arietāriam | arietārium |
| ablative | arietāriō | arietāriā | arietāriō |
| vocative | arietārie | arietāria | arietārium |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | arietāriī | arietāriae | arietāria |
| genitive | arietāriōrum | arietāriārum | arietāriōrum |
| dative | arietāriīs | arietāriīs | arietāriīs |
| accusative | arietāriōs | arietāriās | arietāria |
| ablative | arietāriīs | arietāriīs | arietāriīs |
| vocative | arietāriī | arietāriae | arietāria |
Origins
* From ariēs (“ram”) + -ārius