adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
stipendiārius
stipendiārius (feminine stipendiāria, neuter stipendiārium)
Classical[stɪ.pɛn.diˈaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[sti.pen.diˈaː.ri.us]
Meaning
- adjectivemercenary
- adjectivestipendiary
- adjectivetributary
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | stipendiārius | stipendiāria | stipendiārium |
| genitive | stipendiāriī | stipendiāriae | stipendiāriī |
| dative | stipendiāriō | stipendiāriae | stipendiāriō |
| accusative | stipendiārium | stipendiāriam | stipendiārium |
| ablative | stipendiāriō | stipendiāriā | stipendiāriō |
| vocative | stipendiārie | stipendiāria | stipendiārium |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | stipendiāriī | stipendiāriae | stipendiāria |
| genitive | stipendiāriōrum | stipendiāriārum | stipendiāriōrum |
| dative | stipendiāriīs | stipendiāriīs | stipendiāriīs |
| accusative | stipendiāriōs | stipendiāriās | stipendiāria |
| ablative | stipendiāriīs | stipendiāriīs | stipendiāriīs |
| vocative | stipendiāriī | stipendiāriae | stipendiāria |
stĭ_pendĭārĭus, a, um, adj. id..
I. Of or belonging to tribute, liable to impost or contribution, tributary (of imposts payable in money; whereas vectigalis denotes those payable in kind; the former was held to be the most humiliating; cf. Liv. 37, 55 fin.):
civitas, Caes. B. G. 1, 30; Liv. 38, 39; 28, 25, 9: Aedui, Caes. B. G. 1, 36: oppidum, Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 29: provincia, Flor. 2, 17: vectigal, i. e. a fixed yearly impost or contribution in money, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 12: praedia, Gai. Inst. 2, 21.—Plur. subst.: stī^pen-dĭārĭi, ōrum, m., tributaries (in money; whereas vectigales in kind): socii stipendiariique populi Romani, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 3, 7; id. Balb. 9, 24; id. Leg. 3, 18, 41; Caes. B. G. 7, 10; (opp. vectigales) Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 134; id. Prov. Cons. 5, 10; cf. Liv. 24, 47; 37, 55 fin.—Sing.: vectigalis stipendiariusque et servus populi Romani (Hannibal), Liv. 21, 41, 7.—II. In milit. lang., receiving pay, serving for pay, stipendiary:
(Romani) postquam stipendiarii facti sunt, Liv. 8, 8, 3: cohortes, Auct. B. Afr. 43.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
stīpendiārius adj.
stipendium, of tribute, liable to impost, contributing, tributary : civitas, Cs.: vectigal, i. e. a yearly impost .—As subst m., a tributary, payer of tribute : vectigalis stipendiariusque populi R., L.: quos vectigalīs aut stipendiarios fecerant, i. e. compelled to grant supplies or to pay tribute : vectigalem ac stipendiariam Italiam Africae facere, i. e. completely to subject , L.— Receiving pay, serving for pay, mercenary : postquam stipendiarii facti sunt, L.
In English words that came into English from stipendiārius
- stipendiarystipendiārius