Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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lancea (lance, spear) +‎ -ārius (occupational suffix).

Noun

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lanciārius m (genitive lanciāriī or lanciārī); second declension

  1. (Late Latin) lancer

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative lanciārius lanciāriī
genitive lanciāriī
lanciārī1
lanciāriōrum
dative lanciāriō lanciāriīs
accusative lanciārium lanciāriōs
ablative lanciāriō lanciāriīs
vocative lanciārie lanciāriī

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

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Descendants

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References

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  • lanciarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lanciarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.