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adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

hordeārius1

hordeārius (feminine hordeāria, neuter hordeārium)
Classical[hɔr.deˈaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[or.deˈaː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveof or relating to barley

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativehordeāriushordeāriahordeārium
genitivehordeāriīhordeāriaehordeāriī
dativehordeāriōhordeāriaehordeāriō
accusativehordeāriumhordeāriamhordeārium
ablativehordeāriōhordeāriāhordeāriō
vocativehordeāriehordeāriahordeārium
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativehordeāriīhordeāriaehordeāria
genitivehordeāriōrumhordeāriārumhordeāriōrum
dativehordeāriīshordeāriīshordeāriīs
accusativehordeāriōshordeāriāshordeāria
ablativehordeāriīshordeāriīshordeāriīs
vocativehordeāriīhordeāriaehordeāria

hordĕārĭus (also ordearius and hordĭarius), a, um, adj. id.,
I. of or relat. ing to barley, barley-: pira, barley-pears, i. e. pears that are ripe at barley-harvest, Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 55 (also called hordeacea pira, Col. 5, 10, 18); so, pruna, Plin. 15, 13, 12, § 41: hordiarium aes, quod pro hordeo equiti Romano dabatur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 102 Müll.; cf. Liv. 1, 43, 9 (Weissenb. ad loc.): Gai. Inst. 4, 27: antiquissimum in cibis hordeum, sicut Atheniensium ritu apparet et gladiatorum cognomine, qui hordearii vocabantur, Plin. 18, 7, 14, § 72: pecunia ex qua hordeum equis erat comparandum ... dicebatur aes hordiarium, Gai. Inst. 4, 27. —
II. Like barley, i. e. inflated: hunc eundem M. Coelius hordearium rhetorem appellat, deridens ut inflatum ac levem et sordidum, Suet. Rhet. 2.

Origins

From hordeum (“barley”) + -ārius.

Italo-Romance
  • ItalianOrzaio
noun · masculine
hordeārius2
hordeārius m
Classical[hɔr.deˈaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[or.deˈaː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. slanggladiator
    Antiquissimum in cibis hordeum, sicut Atheniensium ritu Menandro auctore apparet et gladiatorum cognomine, qui hordearii vocabantur.Barley is one of the most ancient aliments of man, a fact that is proved by a custom of the Athenians, mentioned by Menander, as also by the name of "hordearii," that used to be given to gladiators.Pliny, Naturalis Historia 18.14

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativehordeāriushordeāriī
genitivehordeāriī
hordeārī
hordeāriōrum
dativehordeāriōhordeāriīs
accusativehordeāriumhordeāriōs
ablativehordeāriōhordeāriīs
vocativehordeāriehordeāriī

Origins

From hordeum (“barley”) + -ārius.

Quick answers

What does hordeārius mean in Latin?
hordeārius, a adjective, means “of or relating to barley”.
How do you pronounce hordeārius?
In classical Latin, [hɔr.deˈaː.ri.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [or.deˈaː.ri.us].