LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

tumultuārius

tumultuārius (feminine tumultuāria, neuter tumultuārium)
Classical[tʊ.mʊɫ.tuˈaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[tu.mul.tuˈaː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveraised to deal with a sudden emergency
  2. adjectiveimprovised
  3. adjectiveunplanned, haphazard

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Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativetumultuāriustumultuāriatumultuārium
genitivetumultuāriītumultuāriaetumultuāriī
dativetumultuāriōtumultuāriaetumultuāriō
accusativetumultuāriumtumultuāriamtumultuārium
ablativetumultuāriōtumultuāriātumultuāriō
vocativetumultuārietumultuāriatumultuārium
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativetumultuāriītumultuāriaetumultuāria
genitivetumultuāriōrumtumultuāriārumtumultuāriōrum
dativetumultuāriīstumultuāriīstumultuāriīs
accusativetumultuāriōstumultuāriāstumultuāria
ablativetumultuāriīstumultuāriīstumultuāriīs
vocativetumultuāriītumultuāriaetumultuāria

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

milites tumultuarii (opp. exercitus iustus) (Liv. 35. 2)
soldiers collected in haste; irregulars.

tŭmultŭārĭus, a, um, adj. tumultus,
I. of or belonging to bustle, hurry, or tumult; in milit. lang., of troops brought hurriedly together, raised hastily or suddenly (not ante-Aug., but esp. freq. in Livy).
I. Lit.: tumultuario exercitu raptim ducto, Liv. 5, 37, 7; so, milites, id. 35, 2, 7; 35, 23, 8; Auct. B. Alex. 34, 5: manus, Curt. 4, 16, 24: militia, Gell. 16, 10, 13.—
II. Transf., that is done or happens in a hurry, hurried, hasty, sudden, confused, irregular, disorderly, tumultuary: pugna, Liv. 21, 8, 7: opus, id. 6, 29, 4: ex opere tumultuario suspicari, Quint. 7, 3, 34: rogus, Suet. Calig. 59: repentinā et quasi tumultuariā doctrinā praeditus, Gell. 11, 7, 3: tumultuariae et inconditae exercitationes linguae, id. 6, 16, 1: carmen, i. e. unpremeditated, improvised, Sid. Ep. 2, 10.—Adv.: tŭmultŭārĭē, tumultuously, hastily, hurriedly: his raptim ac tumultuarie actis, Amm. 24, 2, 18; Aur. Vict. Caes. 40; 17; Spart. Carac. 6.

In English words that came into English from tumultuārius

  • tumultuarytumultuārius

Quick answers

What does tumultuārius mean in Latin?
tumultuārius, a adjective, means “raised to deal with a sudden emergency; improvised; unplanned, haphazard”.
How do you pronounce tumultuārius?
In classical Latin, [tʊ.mʊɫ.tuˈaː.ri.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [tu.mul.tuˈaː.ri.us].