aviarius

Latin

Etymology

From avis (“bird”) +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.u̯iˈaː.ri.us/, [äu̯iˈäːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.viˈa.ri.us/, [äviˈäːrius]

Adjective

aviārius (feminine aviāria, neuter aviārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of or pertaining to birds.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	aviārius	aviāria	aviārium		aviāriī	aviāriae	aviāria
genitive	aviāriī	aviāriae	aviāriī		aviāriōrum	aviāriārum	aviāriōrum
dative	aviāriō	aviāriae	aviāriō		aviāriīs
accusative	aviārium	aviāriam	aviārium		aviāriōs	aviāriās	aviāria
ablative	aviāriō	aviāriā	aviāriō		aviāriīs
vocative	aviārie	aviāria	aviārium		aviāriī	aviāriae	aviāria

Noun

aviārius m (genitive aviāriī or aviārī); second declension

1. A bird-keeper.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	aviārius	aviāriī
genitive	aviāriī aviārī1	aviāriōrum
dative	aviāriō	aviāriīs
accusative	aviārium	aviāriōs
ablative	aviāriō	aviāriīs
vocative	aviārie	aviāriī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Synonyms

• aviculārius

Related terms

• aucella / avicella
• auceps
• aviārium
• avicula
• aviculārius
• avipēs
• avis

References

• “aviarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aviarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.