LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

cinerārius1

cinerārius (feminine cinerāria, neuter cinerārium)
Classical[kɪ.nɛˈraː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[t͡ʃi.neˈraː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. adjectiverelationalashes

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecinerāriuscinerāriacinerārium
genitivecinerāriīcinerāriaecinerāriī
dativecinerāriōcinerāriaecinerāriō
accusativecinerāriumcinerāriamcinerārium
ablativecinerāriōcinerāriācinerāriō
vocativecinerāriecinerāriacinerārium
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecinerāriīcinerāriaecinerāria
genitivecinerāriōrumcinerāriārumcinerāriōrum
dativecinerāriīscinerāriīscinerāriīs
accusativecinerāriōscinerāriāscinerāria
ablativecinerāriīscinerāriīscinerāriīs
vocativecinerāriīcinerāriaecinerāria

cĭnĕrārĭus, a, um, adj. cinis,
I. pertaining to ashes.
I. As adj. very rare: fines, boundaries of land bordering upon graves, Auct. Limit. p 296 Goes.—
II. More freq. subst.
A. cĭnĕrārĭus, ii, m., a servant who heated in glowing ashes the iron used in curling hair, a hair-curler, Varr. L. L, 5, § 129 Müll., Cat. 61, 138; Sen. Const. 14, 1; Acro ad Hor S. 1, 2, 98; Tert. ad Uxor. 2, 8.—
B. CINERARIVM, ii, n., in tombs, the receptacle for the ashes of the dead, Inscr. Orell. 4358; 4513 al.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *ken-der. Proto-Italic *kenisder. Latin cinis Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin cinerārius From cinis (“ashes”) + -ārius (adjective suffix).

Descendants
  • Catalancinerari
  • Englishcinerary
  • Frenchcinéraire
  • Italiancinerario
  • Portuguesecinerário
  • Spanishcinerario
noun · masculinesecond declension
cinerārius2
cinerārius m (genitive cinerāriī or cinerārī)
Classical[kɪ.nɛˈraː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[t͡ʃi.neˈraː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. a male hairdresser
  2. Medieval Latinash-worker, maker of potash

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecinerāriuscinerāriī
genitivecinerāriī
cinerārī		cinerāriōrum
dativecinerāriōcinerāriīs
accusativecinerāriumcinerāriōs
ablativecinerāriōcinerāriīs
vocativecinerāriecinerāriī

Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.

cinerārius ī, m
cinis, a hair-curler, Ct.

Origins

cinis (“ashes”) + -ārius (agentive suffix), applied to hairdressers from the ashes used to heat hair rollers.

noun · masculinesecond declension
cinerārius3
cinerārius m (genitive cinerāriī)
Classical[kɪ.nɛˈraː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[t͡ʃi.neˈraː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. Medieval Latinburned land

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecinerāriuscinerāriī
genitivecinerāriīcinerāriōrum
dativecinerāriōcinerāriīs
accusativecinerāriumcinerāriōs
ablativecinerāriōcinerāriīs
vocativecinerāriecinerāriī

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *ken-der. Proto-Italic *kenisder. Latin cinis Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin cinerārius From cinis (“ashes”) + -ārius (adjective suffix).

Quick answers

What does cinerārius mean in Latin?
cinerārius, a adjective, means “ashes”.
How do you pronounce cinerārius?
In classical Latin, [kɪ.nɛˈraː.ri.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [t͡ʃi.neˈraː.ri.us].