LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

topiārius1

topiārius (feminine topiāria, neuter topiārium)
Classical[tɔ.piˈaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[to.piˈaː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. adjectiverelated to landscape gardening, having a connection to plant nursery, topiary

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativetopiāriustopiāriatopiārium
genitivetopiāriītopiāriaetopiāriī
dativetopiāriōtopiāriaetopiāriō
accusativetopiāriumtopiāriamtopiārium
ablativetopiāriōtopiāriātopiāriō
vocativetopiārietopiāriatopiārium
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativetopiāriītopiāriaetopiāria
genitivetopiāriōrumtopiāriārumtopiāriōrum
dativetopiāriīstopiāriīstopiāriīs
accusativetopiāriōstopiāriāstopiāria
ablativetopiāriīstopiāriīstopiāriīs
vocativetopiāriītopiāriaetopiāria

tŏpĭārĭus, a, um, adj. topia, II.,
I. of or belonging to ornamental gardening or gardening in gen.: opus, Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 130: herba, i. e. used for borders in gardens, id. 21, 11, 39, § 68; 22, 22, 34, § 76.—
II. Substt.
A. tŏpĭārĭus, ii, m., an ornamental gardener, fancy gardener, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 5; Plin. 15, 29, 37, § 122; 18, 26, 65, § 242; Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 3; Inscr. Orell. 2966; 4293; cf. Becker, Gallus, 3, p. 27 (2d edit.). —
B. tŏpĭārĭa, ae, f. (sc. ars), ornamental or fancy gardening, the topiary art, i. e. that of giving fanciful forms to thickets, trees, etc., of laying out parterres. forming arbors, bowers, etc., Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 5. —
C. tŏpĭārĭum, ii, n. (sc. opus), fancy gardening, topiary - work, Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 265.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin topiārius From topia (“ornamental gardening”) + -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

Descendants
  • Italiantopiario
  • Spanishtopiario

In English words that came into English from topiārius

  • topiarytopiārius
noun · masculinesecond declension
topiārius2
topiārius m (genitive topiāriī or topiārī)
Classical[tɔ.piˈaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[to.piˈaː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. landscape gardener, nurseryman

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativetopiāriustopiāriī
genitivetopiāriī
topiārī		topiāriōrum
dativetopiāriōtopiāriīs
accusativetopiāriumtopiāriōs
ablativetopiāriōtopiāriīs
vocativetopiārietopiāriī

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin topiārius From topia (“ornamental gardening”) + -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

Quick answers

What does topiārius mean in Latin?
topiārius, a adjective, means “related to landscape gardening, having a connection to plant nursery, topiary”.
How do you pronounce topiārius?
In classical Latin, [tɔ.piˈaː.ri.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [to.piˈaː.ri.us].