LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

legiōnārius

legiōnārius (feminine legiōnāria, neuter legiōnārium)
Classical[ɫɛ.ɡi.oːˈnaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[le.d͡ʒi.oˈnaː.ri.us]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. adjectivelegionary, of or pertaining to a legion.

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

mīles legiōnis.
legiōnārius -ī m — in Mille Verba, Bellum et Arma

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativelegiōnāriuslegiōnārialegiōnārium
genitivelegiōnāriīlegiōnāriaelegiōnāriī
dativelegiōnāriōlegiōnāriaelegiōnāriō
accusativelegiōnāriumlegiōnāriamlegiōnārium
ablativelegiōnāriōlegiōnāriālegiōnāriō
vocativelegiōnārielegiōnārialegiōnārium
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativelegiōnāriīlegiōnāriaelegiōnāria
genitivelegiōnāriōrumlegiōnāriārumlegiōnāriōrum
dativelegiōnāriīslegiōnāriīslegiōnāriīs
accusativelegiōnāriōslegiōnāriāslegiōnāria
ablativelegiōnāriīslegiōnāriīslegiōnāriīs
vocativelegiōnāriīlegiōnāriaelegiōnāria

lĕgĭōnārĭus, a, um, adj. legio,
I. of or belonging to a legion, legionary: miles, Asin. Poll. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 5; cf.: legionarii milites legionis decimae, Caes. B. G. 1, 42: cohortes, id. ib. 3, 11; id. B. C. 1, 73; Sall. J. 41: equites, Liv. 35, 5; Veg. Mil. 2, 2.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin legiōnārius From legiō (“legion”) + -ārius.

Descendants
  • Catalanlegionari
  • Englishlegionary
  • Frenchlégionnaire
  • Italianlegionario
  • Portugueselegionário
  • Romanianlegionar
  • Spanishlegionario

In English words that came into English from legiōnārius

  • legionarylegiōnārius

Quick answers

What does legiōnārius mean in Latin?
legiōnārius, a adjective, means “legionary, of or pertaining to a legion.”.
How do you pronounce legiōnārius?
In classical Latin, [ɫɛ.ɡi.oːˈnaː.ri.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [le.d͡ʒi.oˈnaː.ri.us].