noun · masculinesecond declension
falcārius
falcārius m (genitive falcāriī or falcārī)
Meaning
- sickle- or scythe-maker
Dīcō tē priōre nocte vēnisse inter falcāriōs — nōn agam obscūrē — in M. Laecae domum; convēnisse eōdem complūrēs eiusdem āmentiae scelerisque sociōs.
I say that you came last night among the scythe-makers — I will not speak in veiled terms — into the house of Marcus Laeca; and that several accomplices of the same madness and crime gathered in that same place. (That is, the scythe-makers’ quarter, neighborhood, or street in ancient Rome: identifying the location lends credibility to Cicero’s charge against Cataline.)63 BCE, Cicero, In Catilinam orationes 1.8
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | falcārius | falcāriī |
| genitive | falcāriī falcārī | falcāriōrum |
| dative | falcāriō | falcāriīs |
| accusative | falcārium | falcāriōs |
| ablative | falcāriō | falcāriīs |
| vocative | falcārie | falcāriī |
falcārĭus, ii, m. falx,
I. a sickle- or scythe-maker:
dico te priore nocte venisse inter falcarios, to scythe-makers' street, Cic. Cat. 1, 4, 8; id. Sull. 18, 52.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
falcārius ī, m
falx, a sickle-maker, scythemaker : inter falcarios, scythe-makers' street .
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Latin falcārius From falx (“scythe”) + -ārius (agent noun suffix).