agrarius

Latin

Etymology

From ager +‎ -arius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈɡraː.ri.us/, [äˈɡräːriʊs̠] or IPA^(key): /aɡˈraː.ri.us/, [äɡˈräːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈɡra.ri.us/, [äˈɡräːrius] or IPA^(key): /aɡˈra.ri.us/, [äɡˈräːrius]

Adjective

agrārius (feminine agrāria, neuter agrārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. agrarian

   agrāriae lēgēs ― agrarian laws, relating to the division of public lands among the poorer citizens

   agrāriam rem tentāre ― to urge a division of public lands

   triumvir agrārius ― superintendent of the division of public lands

   agrāriae statiōnēs ― (military) outposts

   agrāriī ― those who urged the agrarian laws and sought the possession of public land; the partisans of the agrarian laws

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	agrārius	agrāria	agrārium		agrāriī	agrāriae	agrāria
Genitive	agrāriī	agrāriae	agrāriī		agrāriōrum	agrāriārum	agrāriōrum
Dative	agrāriō		agrāriō		agrāriīs
Accusative	agrārium	agrāriam	agrārium		agrāriōs	agrāriās	agrāria
Ablative	agrāriō	agrāriā	agrāriō		agrāriīs
Vocative	agrārie	agrāria	agrārium		agrāriī	agrāriae	agrāria

Descendants

• Catalan: agrari
• Czech: agrární
• French: agraire
• Italian: agrario
• Middle French: agrarien
  • English: agrarian
  • French: agrarien
• Portuguese: agrário
• Romanian: agrar
• Russian: аграрный (agrarnyj)
• Spanish: agrario

References

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