noun · masculinesecond declension
triāriī
triāriī m pl (genitive triāriōrum)
Classical[triˈaː.ri.iː]
Meaning
- pluralplural onlythe third and last line in the Roman army (after, respectively, the prī̆ncipēs and the hastātī)
Ab Romanis nec opus intermissum—triarii erant, qui muniebant—et ab hastatis principibusque, qui pro munitoribus intenti armatique steterunt, proelium initum.
The works were not set aside by the Romans—triarii where there to fend off the enemy—and a fight broke out led by the hastati and principes, eager and fully-equiped, who had been placed before the workers.27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 7.23
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | triāriī |
| genitive | — | triāriōrum |
| dative | — | triāriīs |
| accusative | — | triāriōs |
| ablative | — | triāriīs |
| vocative | — | triāriī |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- res ad triarios redit (Liv. 8. 8)
- the triarii must now fight (proverbially = we are reduced to extremities).
trĭārĭi, ōrum, m. tres,
I. a class of Roman soldiers who formed the third rank from the front, the triarii, Varr. L. L. 5, § 89 Müll.:
etiamsi te sors inter triarios posuerit, Sen. Tranq. 3, 10; Liv. 22, 5, 7: a primā acie ad triarios sensim referrebantur, id. 8, 8, 11; 8, 10, 6; cf. Becker, Antiq. 3, pt. 2, p. 249 sq.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
triāriī ōrum, m
tres, soldiers of the third rank in battle order, the reserve : ubi triarii consurrexerunt, integri, etc., L.—Prov.: rem ad triarios redisse, i. e. demanded extreme measures , L.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
- Proto-Italic*trejes
- Proto-Italic*trēs
- Latintriāriī
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriī Latin triāriī From tri- (“three”) + -āriī (plural of -ārius, forming agent nouns).