pullarius

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Latin

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Etymology

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pullus +‎ -ārius

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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pullārius (feminine pullāria, neuter pullārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of or pertaining to young chicks, esp. as used in divination

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative pullārius pullāria pullārium pullāriī pullāriae pullāria
Genitive pullāriī pullāriae pullāriī pullāriōrum pullāriārum pullāriōrum
Dative pullāriō pullāriō pullāriīs
Accusative pullārium pullāriam pullārium pullāriōs pullāriās pullāria
Ablative pullāriō pullāriā pullāriō pullāriīs
Vocative pullārie pullāria pullārium pullāriī pullāriae pullāria

Descendants

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  • Galician: poleiro
  • Italian: pollaio
  • Portuguese: poleiro
  • Sicilian: puddaru
  • Spanish: pollero

Noun

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pullārius m (genitive pullāriī or pullārī, feminine pullāria); second declension

  1. a keeper of sacred chickens (for the augur)
  2. (euphemistic) a boylover

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pullārius pullāriī
Genitive pullāriī
pullārī1
pullāriōrum
Dative pullāriō pullāriīs
Accusative pullārium pullāriōs
Ablative pullāriō pullāriīs
Vocative pullārie pullāriī

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

Descendants

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References

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  • pullarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pullarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pullarius 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)
  • pullarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • pullarius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pullarius”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin