LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

scūtārius1

scūtārius (feminine scūtāria, neuter scūtārium)
Classical[skuːˈtaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[skuˈtaː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. Late Latinadjectiveof a shield, belonging to a shield

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativescūtāriusscūtāriascūtārium
genitivescūtāriīscūtāriaescūtāriī
dativescūtāriōscūtāriaescūtāriō
accusativescūtāriumscūtāriamscūtārium
ablativescūtāriōscūtāriāscūtāriō
vocativescūtāriescūtāriascūtārium
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativescūtāriīscūtāriaescūtāria
genitivescūtāriōrumscūtāriārumscūtāriōrum
dativescūtāriīsscūtāriīsscūtāriīs
accusativescūtāriōsscūtāriāsscūtāria
ablativescūtāriīsscūtāriīsscūtāriīs
vocativescūtāriīscūtāriaescūtāria

scūtārĭus, a, um, adj. id..
I. Of or belonging to a shield: fabricae, shield-factories, Veg. Mil. 2, 11.—
II. Subst.: scū-tārĭus, ii, m.
1. A shield-maker, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 35.—
2. In the times of the later emperors, a sort of guard, armed with the scutum, Amm. 20, 4, 3; 20, 8, 13; Inscr. Orell. 3542 sq.; cf. Vulg. 2 Par. 12, 10.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin scūtārius From scūtum (“shield”) + -ārius.

In English words that came into English from scūtārius

  • squirescūtārius
noun · masculinesecond declension
scūtārius2
scūtārius m (genitive scūtāriī or scūtārī)
Classical[skuːˈtaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[skuˈtaː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. shieldmaker
  2. Late Latinguard (armed with a shield)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativescūtāriusscūtāriī
genitivescūtāriī
scūtārī
scūtāriōrum
dativescūtāriōscūtāriīs
accusativescūtāriumscūtāriōs
ablativescūtāriōscūtāriīs
vocativescūtāriescūtāriī

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin scūtārius From scūtum (“shield”) + -ārius.

Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueseescudeirofrom Old Galician-Portuguese escudeiro
  • Spanishescudero
  • Galicianescudeirofrom Old Galician-Portuguese escudeiro
Balkan Romance
  • Romanianscutar
Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanescuder
  • Franco-Provençalêcuyer
  • Old Frenchescuier
  • Old Occitanescudier
Borrowings
  • Byzantine Greekσκουτάριος
  • Byzantine Greekσκουτέριος

In English words that came into English from scūtārius

  • esquirescūtārius

Quick answers

What does scūtārius mean in Latin?
scūtārius, a adjective, means “of a shield, belonging to a shield”.
How do you pronounce scūtārius?
In classical Latin, [skuːˈtaː.ri.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [skuˈtaː.ri.us].