adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
pecuārius
pecuārius (feminine pecuāria, neuter pecuārium)
Classical[pɛ.kuˈaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[pe.kuˈaː.ri.us]
Meaning
- adjectiverelationalsheep, cattle
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pecuārius | pecuāria | pecuārium |
| genitive | pecuāriī | pecuāriae | pecuāriī |
| dative | pecuāriō | pecuāriae | pecuāriō |
| accusative | pecuārium | pecuāriam | pecuārium |
| ablative | pecuāriō | pecuāriā | pecuāriō |
| vocative | pecuārie | pecuāria | pecuārium |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pecuāriī | pecuāriae | pecuāria |
| genitive | pecuāriōrum | pecuāriārum | pecuāriōrum |
| dative | pecuāriīs | pecuāriīs | pecuāriīs |
| accusative | pecuāriōs | pecuāriās | pecuāria |
| ablative | pecuāriīs | pecuāriīs | pecuāriīs |
| vocative | pecuāriī | pecuāriae | pecuāria |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- rem pecuariam facere, exercere (cf. Varr R. R. 2. 1)
- to rear stock.
pĕcŭārĭus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. of or belonging to cattle:
res pecuaria, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 45: pecuarii greges, herds of cattle, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 17: quaestio, id. ib. 2, 2, 1: negotiatio, Col. 8, 1, 1: canis, id. 7, 12, 8: res, a stock of cattle, live stock, Cic. Quint. 3, 12.—II. Subst.
A. pĕcŭārĭus, ii, m.
1. A cattle-breeder, grazier, Varr. R. R. 2, 4:
diligentissimus agricola et pecuarius, Cic. Deiot. 9, 27.—2. A farmer of the public pastures:
damnatis aliquot pecuariis, Liv. 10, 47, 4; Inscr. Don. cl. 9, n. 13.—B. pĕcŭārĭa, ae, f., a stock of cattle:
omnis pecuariae pecus fundamentum, Varr. R. R. 2, 1: ipse pecuarias habui grandes, in Apuliā oviarias, in Reatino equarias, id. ib. 2, praef. § 6; 2, 1, 3.—Also, cattle-breeding: librum de pecuariā, Varr. R. R. 3, 1 fin.— C. pĕcŭārĭa, ōrum, n., herds of cattle:
mitte in Venerem pecuaria primus, Verg. G. 3, 64; Pers. 3, 9; Plin. 8, 9, 9, § 27.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
pecuārius adj.
pecua, of cattle : res, cattleraising .—As subst m., a cattle-breeder, grazier : diligentissimus: damnatis aliquot pecuariis, i. e. farmers of public pastures , L.—As subst n. plur., herds of cattle , V.—As subst f . (sc. ars), cattlebreeding : pecuaria relinquitur.
Origins
From pecu + -ārius.
Descendants
- Catalanpecuari
- Italianpecuario
- Portuguesepecuário
- Spanishpecuario
- Galicianpecuario