LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

carpentārius1

carpentārius (feminine carpentāria, neuter carpentārium)
Classical[kar.pɛnˈtaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[kar.penˈtaː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. adjectiverelationalwagon(s), carriage(s)

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecarpentāriuscarpentāriacarpentārium
genitivecarpentāriīcarpentāriaecarpentāriī
dativecarpentāriōcarpentāriaecarpentāriō
accusativecarpentāriumcarpentāriamcarpentārium
ablativecarpentāriōcarpentāriācarpentāriō
vocativecarpentāriecarpentāriacarpentārium
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecarpentāriīcarpentāriaecarpentāria
genitivecarpentāriōrumcarpentāriārumcarpentāriōrum
dativecarpentāriīscarpentāriīscarpentāriīs
accusativecarpentāriōscarpentāriāscarpentāria
ablativecarpentāriīscarpentāriīscarpentāriīs
vocativecarpentāriīcarpentāriaecarpentāria

carpentārĭus, a, um, adj. carpentum,
I. of or pertaining to a wagon or chariot: fabricae, Plin. 16, 8, 13, § 34: artifex, a wagon- or carriage-maker, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 52; cf. fabri, Dig. 50, 6, 6: vehiculu m = carpentum, Treb. XXX. Tyrann. 29.—
II. Subst.
A. carpentārĭus, ii, m., a carriage-driver, coachman, Cod. Th. 8, 5, 31.—
B. carpentārĭa, ae, f. (sc. fabrica), a wagon- or carriage - maker's workshop, Firm. 2, 10.

Origins

From carpentum + -ārius.

In English words that came into English from carpentārius

  • carpentercarpentārius
noun · masculinesecond declension
carpentārius2
carpentārius m (genitive carpentāriī or carpentārī)
Classical[kar.pɛnˈtaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[kar.penˈtaː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. coachman
  2. cartwright

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecarpentāriuscarpentāriī
genitivecarpentāriī
carpentārī
carpentāriōrum
dativecarpentāriōcarpentāriīs
accusativecarpentāriumcarpentāriōs
ablativecarpentāriōcarpentāriīs
vocativecarpentāriecarpentāriī

Origins

Late Latin substantivization of the above adjective, as [artifex] carpentārius.

Descendants
  • Occitancarpentièrfrom Old Occitan carpentier
  • Italiancarpentierefrom Old Occitan carpentier
  • Frenchcharpentierfrom Old French charpantier
  • Englishcarpenterfrom Old French charpantier
  • Portuguesecarpinteiro
  • Spanishcarpintero
  • Galiciancarpinteiro
  • Normantchèrpentchifrom Old French charpantier

Quick answers

What does carpentārius mean in Latin?
carpentārius, a adjective, means “wagon(s), carriage(s)”.
How do you pronounce carpentārius?
In classical Latin, [kar.pɛnˈtaː.ri.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kar.penˈtaː.ri.us].