I.gen., Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134; dat., id. Tusc. 5, 20, 59; but ap. Suet. Aug. 7, the better read. is cubiculi Lares; v. cubiculum, I.), adj.cubiculum, of or pertaining to a sleepingchamber.
II.Subst.: cŭ-bĭcŭlārĭus, ii, m., a chamber-servant, valet-de-chambre: hunc vestri janitores, hunc cubicularii diligunt,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 4, § 8; id. Att. 6, 2, 5: manere ... cum uno medico et cubicularis duobus,Suet. Caes. 4 Roth (al. -ariis); id. Ner. 38; Capitol. Pert. 4: decurio cubiculariorum,the head of the servants of the bedchamber,Suet. Dom. 17.
Origins
Latin -i-
Proto-Indo-European *-trom
Proto-Indo-European *-tlom
Proto-Italic *-klom
Latin -culum
Latin cubiculum
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzios
Latin -ārius
Latin cubiculārius
From cubiculum (“bedroom”) + -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).
Descendants
Galiciancobilleirafrom Old Galician-Portuguese covilleira
noun · masculinesecond declension
cubiculārius2
CVBICVLARIVSCVBICVLARII
cubiculārius m (genitive cubiculāriī or cubiculārī)
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
cubiculāriusm
cubiculum, a chamber-servant, valet-de-chambre.
Origins
Latin -i-
Proto-Indo-European *-trom
Proto-Indo-European *-tlom
Proto-Italic *-klom
Latin -culum
Latin cubiculum
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzios
Latin -ārius
Latin cubiculārius
From cubiculum (“bedroom”) + -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).
Descendants
Byzantine Greekκουβικουλάριος
Quick answers
What does cubiculārius mean in Latin?
cubiculārius, a adjective, means “bedroom”.
How do you pronounce cubiculārius?
In classical Latin, [kʊ.bɪ.kʊˈɫaː.ri.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ku.bi.kuˈlaː.ri.us].
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