LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

compendiārius

compendiārius (feminine compendiāria, neuter compendiārium)
Classical[kɔm.pɛn.diˈaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[kom.pen.diˈaː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveshort, easy

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecompendiāriuscompendiāriacompendiārium
genitivecompendiāriīcompendiāriaecompendiāriī
dativecompendiāriōcompendiāriaecompendiāriō
accusativecompendiāriumcompendiāriamcompendiārium
ablativecompendiāriōcompendiāriācompendiāriō
vocativecompendiāriecompendiāriacompendiārium
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecompendiāriīcompendiāriaecompendiāria
genitivecompendiāriōrumcompendiāriārumcompendiāriōrum
dativecompendiāriīscompendiāriīscompendiāriīs
accusativecompendiāriōscompendiāriāscompendiāria
ablativecompendiāriīscompendiāriīscompendiāriīs
vocativecompendiāriīcompendiāriaecompendiāria

compendĭārĭus, a, um, adj. compendium,
I. short, compendious, only a few times of ways or roads: via ad gloriam proxima et quasi compendiaria, * Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43; cf. Val. Max. 7, 2, ext. 1.—
II. Subst.
A. compendĭārĭa, ae, f. (sc. via), a short way or method; fig., Varr. ap. Non. p. 202, 5; Petr. 2, 9; Sen. Ep. 119, 1; cf. id. ib. 27, 5: breviores etiamnum quaedam picturae compendiariae, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 110.—
B. compendĭārĭum, ii, n. (sc. iter), the same, Sen. Ep. 73, 11.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin compendiārius From compendium (“shortening, abbreviation”) + -ārius.

Quick answers

What does compendiārius mean in Latin?
compendiārius, a adjective, means “short, easy”.
How do you pronounce compendiārius?
In classical Latin, [kɔm.pɛn.diˈaː.ri.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kom.pen.diˈaː.ri.us].