LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

librārius1

librārius (feminine librāria, neuter librārium)
Classical[lɪˈbraː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[liˈbraː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveof or pertaining to books

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativelibrāriuslibrārialibrārium
genitivelibrāriīlibrāriaelibrāriī
dativelibrāriōlibrāriaelibrāriō
accusativelibrāriumlibrāriamlibrārium
ablativelibrāriōlibrāriālibrāriō
vocativelibrārielibrārialibrārium
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativelibrāriīlibrāriaelibrāria
genitivelibrāriōrumlibrāriārumlibrāriōrum
dativelibrāriīslibrāriīslibrāriīs
accusativelibrāriōslibrāriāslibrāria
ablativelibrāriīslibrāriīslibrāriīs
vocativelibrāriīlibrāriaelibrāria

lībrārĭus, a, um, adj. libra.
I. Of or containing a pound, of a pound weight (post-Aug.): frusta, Col. 12, 53, 4: as, Gell. 20, 1, 31.—
II. Subst.
A. lībrārĭus, ii, m., a weight, the sixteenth part of a modius, = sextarius: sextarius aequus aequo cum librario siet, sexdecimque librarii in modio sient, Plebisc. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 246 Müll.—
B. lībrārĭa, ae, f., she that weighed out the wool to the female slaves, a forewoman, head-spinner, called also lanipendia, Juv. 6, 475 (by others referred to 2. librarius); Inscr. Orell. 4212.
lĭbrārĭus, a, um, adj. 3. liber,
I. of or belonging to books: scriba librarius, a copyist, transcriber of books, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 14; Cic. Agr. 2, 13, 32: libraria taberna, a bookseller's shop, Cic. Phil. 2, 9, 21: scriptor, a transcriber of books, Hor. A. P. 354: atramentum, ink for writing books, Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 52.—Hence,
II. Subst.
A. lĭ-brārĭus, i, m.
1. A transcriber of books, a copyist, scribe, secretary, Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 13: librum ut tuis librariis daret, id. Att. 12, 40, 1: librarii mendum, Liv. 38, 55, 8: legionis, the secretary of the legion, Inscr. ap. Grut. 365, 1; cf. Sen. Contr. 1, 7, 18; Juv. 9, 109.—
2. A bookseller, Sen. Ben. 7, 6, 1; Gell. 5, 4, 2; 18, 4, 1; Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 23, 4. —
3. (Sc. doctor.) An elementary teacher, Hier. Ep. 107, 4.—
B. lĭbrārĭa, ae, f.
1. A female scribe: (Parcae) utpote librariae Superum archivumque custodes, Mart. Cap. 1, § 65 (perh. also Juv. 6, 476; cf. sub 1. librarius).—
2. A bookseller's shop; in libraria, ego et Julius Paulus poëta consederamus, Gell. 5, 4, 1: quispiam in libraria sedens, id. 13, 30, 1.—
C. lĭbrārĭum, ii, n., a place to keep books in, a bookcase, bookchest: exhibe librarium illud legum vestrarum, Cic. Mil. 12, 33: libraria omnia exurerent, Amm. 29, 2, 4.

Origins

From liber (“book”) + -ārius.

Descendants
  • Catalanllibrer
  • Frenchlibraire
  • Italianlibraio
  • Italianlibrario
  • Occitanlibrari
  • Portugueselivreiro
  • Romanianlibrar
  • Spanishlibrero
  • Asturianllibreru
  • Friulianlibrâr
noun · masculinesecond declension
librārius2
librārius m (genitive librāriī or librārī, feminine librāria)
Classical[lɪˈbraː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[liˈbraː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. a scribe, copyist, secretary
  2. a bookseller

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelibrāriuslibrāriī
genitivelibrāriī
librārī		librāriōrum
dativelibrāriōlibrāriīs
accusativelibrāriumlibrāriōs
ablativelibrāriōlibrāriīs
vocativelibrārielibrāriī

Origins

From liber (“book”) + -ārius.

Quick answers

What does librārius mean in Latin?
librārius, a adjective, means “of or pertaining to books”.
How do you pronounce librārius?
In classical Latin, [lɪˈbraː.ri.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [liˈbraː.ri.us].