LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

tabellārius1

tabellārius (feminine tabellāria, neuter tabellārium)
Classical[ta.bɛlˈlaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[ta.belˈlaː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. adjectiverelationaltablets, letters

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

portitor epistulārum
tabellārius -ī (m) — in Epistulae, ch. 1

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativetabellāriustabellāriatabellārium
genitivetabellāriītabellāriaetabellāriī
dativetabellāriōtabellāriaetabellāriō
accusativetabellāriumtabellāriamtabellārium
ablativetabellāriōtabellāriātabellāriō
vocativetabellārietabellāriatabellārium
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativetabellāriītabellāriaetabellāria
genitivetabellāriōrumtabellāriārumtabellāriōrum
dativetabellāriīstabellāriīstabellāriīs
accusativetabellāriōstabellāriāstabellāria
ablativetabellāriīstabellāriīstabellāriīs
vocativetabellāriītabellāriaetabellāria

tăbellārĭus, a, um, adj. tabella,
I. of or belonging to tablets, i. e.,
I. (Acc. to tabella, II.A.) Of or pertaining to writing or to letters.
A. Adj.: naves, vessels to carry letters, packet-boats, Sen. Ep. 77, 1. — Hence,
B. Subst.: tăbellārĭus, ii, m., a lettercarrier, courier: epistulam, quam attulerat Phileros tabellarius, Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 1; 10, 31, 4; 15, 18, 2; id. Phil. 2, 31, 77; id. Prov. Cons. 7, 15; Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 12, 1; Liv. 45, 1, 6 al.—
II. (Acc. to tabella, II. B.) Of or relating to voting-tablets: lex, regulating voting: sunt enim quattuor leges tabellariae, quarum prima de magistratibus mandandis, ea est tabellaria Gabinia, etc., Cic. Leg. 3, 16, 35; id. Sest. 48, 103; Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 1.

Origins

From tabella (“letter”) + -ārius.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesTabellariusTabellarius a letter-carrier. As the Romans had no public post, they were obliged to employ slaves, who were called Tabellarii, as special messengers …
noun · masculinesecond declension
tabellārius2
tabellārius m (genitive tabellāriī or tabellārī)
Classical[ta.bɛlˈlaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[ta.belˈlaː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. letter carrier, mail carrier, courier, mailman, postman

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativetabellāriustabellāriī
genitivetabellāriī
tabellārī		tabellāriōrum
dativetabellāriōtabellāriīs
accusativetabellāriumtabellāriōs
ablativetabellāriōtabellāriīs
vocativetabellārietabellāriī

Origins

From tabella (“letter”) + -ārius.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesTabellariusTabellarius a letter-carrier. As the Romans had no public post, they were obliged to employ slaves, who were called Tabellarii, as special messengers …

Quick answers

What does tabellārius mean in Latin?
tabellārius, a adjective, means “tablets, letters”.
How do you pronounce tabellārius?
In classical Latin, [ta.bɛlˈlaː.ri.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ta.belˈlaː.ri.us].