diaetarius
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /di.ae̯ˈtaː.ri.us/, [di.ae̯ˈtaː.ri.ʊs]
Noun
diaetārius m (genitive diaetāriī or diaetārī); second declension
- a slave responsible for room service, a valet-de-chambre
- a cabin steward on a ship
- (Late Latin) a slave or servant who serves at the dining table, a table waiter
- (Medieval Latin, by misassociation with diēs, “a day”) a day-labourer
Declension
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | diaetārius | diaetāriī |
| Genitive | diaetāriī diaetārī1 |
diaetāriōrum |
| Dative | diaetāriō | diaetāriīs |
| Accusative | diaetārium | diaetāriōs |
| Ablative | diaetāriō | diaetāriīs |
| Vocative | diaetārie | diaetāriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Synonyms
- (valet-de-chambre): diaetarchēs
Descendants
- Ancient Greek: δῐαιτᾱ́ρῐος (diaitā́rios)
References
- dĭaetārĭus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- DIÆTARII in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- dĭætārĭus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 517/3
- “diaetārius” on page 535/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “dietarius (subst.)”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 330/1
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