noun
phălangārĭus
Meaning
- one who carries burdens with the aid of a long pole
phălangārĭus or pălangā-rĭus (in inscrr. also PALANCARIVS and FALANCARIVS), ii, m. phalangae,
I. one who carries burdens with the aid of a long pole, a carrier, porter, Vitr. 10, 3, 7; Non. 163, 23 sq. (v. phalanga); Inscr. Fabr. p. 10; Inscr. Giorn. Pisan. tom. 16, p. 192; Inscr. Marin. Atti, p. 151; Inscr. Kellerm. ap. Orell. Analect. Epigr. (Index Lection. Acad. Turic. Aestiv. 1838), p. 43, 4090.
phălangārĭus, ii, m. phalanx,
I. a soldier belonging to a phalanx, a phalangary (post-class.), Lampr. Alex. Sev. 50, 5 (cf. phalangitae).