numerarius

Latin

Etymology

From numerus (“number”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /nu.meˈraː.ri.us/, [nʊmɛˈräːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nu.meˈra.ri.us/, [numeˈräːrius]

Noun

numerārius m (genitive numerāriī or numerārī); second declension

1. arithmetician
2. keeper of accounts; accountant

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	numerārius	numerāriī
Genitive	numerāriī numerārī1	numerāriōrum
Dative	numerāriō	numerāriīs
Accusative	numerārium	numerāriōs
Ablative	numerāriō	numerāriīs
Vocative	numerārie	numerāriī

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

Related terms

• numerābilis
• numerālis
• numerātiō
• numerātor
• numerātus
• numerius
• numerō
• numerōsē
• numerōsitās
• numerōsiter
• numerōsus
• numerus

Descendants

• French: numéraire
• Spanish: numerario

References

• “numerarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• numerarius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• numerarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• numerarius in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016