LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

plumbārius1

plumbārius (feminine plumbāria, neuter plumbārium)
Classical[pɫʊmˈbaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[plumˈbaː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveOf or pertaining to lead.

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeplumbāriusplumbāriaplumbārium
genitiveplumbāriīplumbāriaeplumbāriī
dativeplumbāriōplumbāriaeplumbāriō
accusativeplumbāriumplumbāriamplumbārium
ablativeplumbāriōplumbāriāplumbāriō
vocativeplumbārieplumbāriaplumbārium
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeplumbāriīplumbāriaeplumbāria
genitiveplumbāriōrumplumbāriārumplumbāriōrum
dativeplumbāriīsplumbāriīsplumbāriīs
accusativeplumbāriōsplumbāriāsplumbāria
ablativeplumbāriīsplumbāriīsplumbāriīs
vocativeplumbāriīplumbāriaeplumbāria

plumbārĭus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. of or belonging to lead, lead-: artifices plumbarii, workers in lead, plumbers, Vitr. 8, 7: officinae, plumbers' shops, Plin. 34, 18, 54, § 175: metallum, a lead-mine, id. 33, 7, 40, § 119.— Subst.
A. plumbārĭus, ii, m. (sc. artifex), a plumber; plur., Dig. 50, 6, 6.—
B. plumbārĭum, ii, n., a place to keep leaden vessels in: plumbum, plumbeus, plumbarium, Not. Tir. p. 164.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin plumbārius From plumbum (“lead”) + -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

In English words that came into English from plumbārius

  • plumberplumbārius
noun · masculinesecond declension
plumbārius2
plumbārius m (genitive plumbāriī or plumbārī)
Classical[pɫʊmˈbaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[plumˈbaː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. A plumber.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeplumbāriusplumbāriī
genitiveplumbāriī
plumbārī
plumbāriōrum
dativeplumbāriōplumbāriīs
accusativeplumbāriumplumbāriōs
ablativeplumbāriōplumbāriīs
vocativeplumbārieplumbāriī

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin plumbārius From plumbum (“lead”) + -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

Descendants
  • Catalanplomer
  • Italianpiombaio
  • Italianplumbario
  • Occitanplombièr
  • Englishplumberfrom Old French plummier
  • Frenchplombierfrom Old French plummier
  • Portuguesechumbeiro
  • Romanianplumbar
  • Spanishplomero
  • Irishpluiméirfrom Old French plummier

Quick answers

What does plumbārius mean in Latin?
plumbārius, a adjective, means “Of or pertaining to lead.”.
How do you pronounce plumbārius?
In classical Latin, [pɫʊmˈbaː.ri.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [plumˈbaː.ri.us].