LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

cibārius

cibārius (feminine cibāria, neuter cibārium)
Classical[kɪˈbaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[t͡ʃiˈbaː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. adjectivepertaining to, or suitable for food

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Alimenta · Penus · Cibus · Esca · Edulia · Cibare · Pascere

1. Alimenta and penus are victuals in general, meat and drink; alimenta, mostly with reference to the wants of an individual; penus, to the wants of a whole family. Cibus and esca denote ‘food,’ in opposition to drink. Cic. Fin. i. 11, and ii. 28. Cibus (from γεύω, to chew), natural food, as a means of nourishment; esca (from ἔδω), ‘the food’ that is artificially prepared as a dish. Hence cibus denotes the food of brutes also; but esca, only a bait, prepared as it were like a dish, and set before them. Cic. N. D. ii. 47. Animalia cibum partim dentibus capessunt: compare this with ii. 23. Dii nec escis nec potionibus vescuntur. 2. Cibaria are the most general and usual sorts of food; edulia are savory and select sorts of food. Suet. Tib. 46. Comites nunquam salario, cibariis tantum sustentavit; compare with Cal. 40. Pro eduliis certum statumque exigebatur. 3. Cibare means to feed with one’s hand, as nurses, etc.; pascere (from πάσασθαι), only to give out food, as a feeder or master. Suet. Tib. 72. Draconem manu sua cibaturus; compare with Vesp. 18. Sineret se plebeculam pascere. (v. 192.)

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecibāriuscibāriacibārium
genitivecibāriīcibāriaecibāriī
dativecibāriōcibāriaecibāriō
accusativecibāriumcibāriamcibārium
ablativecibāriōcibāriācibāriō
vocativecibāriecibāriacibārium
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecibāriīcibāriaecibāria
genitivecibāriōrumcibāriārumcibāriōrum
dativecibāriīscibāriīscibāriīs
accusativecibāriōscibāriāscibāria
ablativecibāriīscibāriīscibāriīs
vocativecibāriīcibāriaecibāria

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

panis cibarius
ordinary bread.

cĭbārĭus, a, um, adj. cibus,
I. pertaining to or suitable for food (class.): res, Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 1: leges, i. e. sumptuary laws, laws restraining luxury, Cato ap. Macr. S. 2, 13: uva, suitable only for eating, not for wine, Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 37; cf.: uva vilitatis cibariae, id. 14, 2, 4, § 35.—
B. Subst.: cĭbārĭa, ōrum, n., food, nutriment, victuals, provisions, fare, ration, fodder (in the jurists a more restricted idea than alimenta, which comprises every thing necessary for sustaining life, Dig. 34, 1, 6; cf. ib. 34, 1, 12; 34, 1, 15; and in gen. the whole tit. 1: de alimentis vel cibariis legatis), Plaut. Truc. 5, 43; Cato, R. R. 56; Col. 12, 14; Suet. Tib. 46: congerere, Hor. S. 1, 1, 32; Dig. l. l. al.—Of soldiers, Varr. L. L. 5, § 90 Müll.; Caes. B. G. 1, 5; 3, 18; Nep. Eum. 8, 7; cf. Liv. 21, 49, 8; Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37; Quint. 5, 13, 17; Suet. Galb. 7 al.—Of the provincial magistrates, corn allowed to deputies: cibaria praefecti, Cic. Att. 6, 3, 6; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 30, § 72; 2, 3, 93, §§ 216 and 217; id. Fam. 5, 20, 9.—Of cattle, Cato. R. R. 60; Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 6; 3, 16, 4; Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56; Col. 4, 8, 5 al. —In sing., Sen. Ben. 3, 21, 2.—
II. Meton. (in accordance with the fare given to servants), ordinary, common: panis, black bread, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97 (cf. Isid. Orig. 20, 2, 15: panis cibarius est, qui ad cibum servis datur, nec delicatus); so subst.: cĭbā-rĭum, ii, n., also called cibarium secundarium, the coarser meal which remains after the fine wheat flour, shorts, Plin. 18, 9, 20, § 87: vinum, Varr. ap. Non. p. 93, 14: oleum, Col. 12. 50, 18 sq.: sapor, id. 12, 11, 2 Schneid.—
B. Trop.: cibarius Aristoxenus, i. e. an ordinary musician, Varr. ap. Non. p. 93, 15.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin cibārius From cibus + -ārius.

Descendants
  • Galiciancebeira

Quick answers

What does cibārius mean in Latin?
cibārius, a adjective, means “pertaining to, or suitable for food”.
How do you pronounce cibārius?
In classical Latin, [kɪˈbaː.ri.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [t͡ʃiˈbaː.ri.us].