pigmentarius

Latin

Etymology

From pigmentum (“paint, dye”) +‎ -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /piɡ.menˈtaː.ri.us/, [pɪɡmɛn̪ˈt̪äːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /piɡ.menˈta.ri.us/, [piɡmen̪ˈt̪äːrius]

Adjective

pigmentārius (feminine pigmentāria, neuter pigmentārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) paint, unguent

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	pigmentārius	pigmentāria	pigmentārium		pigmentāriī	pigmentāriae	pigmentāria
Genitive	pigmentāriī	pigmentāriae	pigmentāriī		pigmentāriōrum	pigmentāriārum	pigmentāriōrum
Dative	pigmentāriō		pigmentāriō		pigmentāriīs
Accusative	pigmentārium	pigmentāriam	pigmentārium		pigmentāriōs	pigmentāriās	pigmentāria
Ablative	pigmentāriō	pigmentāriā	pigmentāriō		pigmentāriīs
Vocative	pigmentārie	pigmentāria	pigmentārium		pigmentāriī	pigmentāriae	pigmentāria

Noun

pigmentārius m (genitive pigmentāriī or pigmentārī); second declension

1. A dealer in paints and unguents

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pigmentārius	pigmentāriī
Genitive	pigmentāriī pigmentārī1	pigmentāriōrum
Dative	pigmentāriō	pigmentāriīs
Accusative	pigmentārium	pigmentāriōs
Ablative	pigmentāriō	pigmentāriīs
Vocative	pigmentārie	pigmentāriī

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

References

• “pigmentarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pigmentarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pigmentarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.