LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

subsidiārius

subsidiārius m (genitive subsidiāriī or subsidiārī)

Meaning

  1. in pluralreserve(s)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesubsidiāriussubsidiāriī
genitivesubsidiāriī
subsidiārī		subsidiāriōrum
dativesubsidiāriōsubsidiāriīs
accusativesubsidiāriumsubsidiāriōs
ablativesubsidiāriōsubsidiāriīs
vocativesubsidiāriesubsidiāriī

subsĭdĭārĭus, a, um, adj. id.; in milit. lang.,
I. of or belonging to a reserve, reserve-, subsidiary.
I. Lit.
A. Adj. (class.): cohortes, Caes. B. C. 1, 83; Liv. 9, 27; Tac. A. 1, 63: acies, Auct. B. Afr. 59, 2: naves, Auct. B. Alex. 14, 3.—
B. Subst.: subsĭdĭ-ārĭi, ōrum, m., the reserve, body of reserve, Liv. 5, 38; 6, 8; 9, 32.—
II. Transf., in gen., out of the military sphere, serving for support, subsidiary: palmes, = resex, Col. 4, 24, 13 and 16.—
B. Esp.: actio, jurid. t. t., a form of action by which the ward seeks compensation from the magistrate who has given him an improper guardian, Dig. 27, 8, 1 pr.; cf. Cod. Just. 5, 75, 1 and 5.— Hence, adverb.: subsidiaria agere, to institute such an action, Dig. 27, 8, 1, § 4.

Origins

Descendants
  • Italiansussidiario
  • Spanishsubsidiario

In English words that came into English from subsidiārius

  • subsidiarysubsidiārius
  • subsidiaritysubsidiārius

Quick answers

What does subsidiārius mean in Latin?
subsidiārius, a noun, means “reserve(s)”.
What is the genitive of subsidiārius?
The genitive singular is subsidiāriī. subsidiārius is masculine, second declension.