argentarius

Latin

Etymology

From argentum (“silver”) +‎ -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ar.ɡenˈtaː.ri.us/, [ärɡɛn̪ˈt̪äːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ar.d͡ʒenˈta.ri.us/, [ärd͡ʒen̪ˈt̪äːrius]

Noun

argentārius m (genitive argentāriī or argentārī); second declension

1. banker, money changer

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	argentārius	argentāriī
Genitive	argentāriī argentārī1	argentāriōrum
Dative	argentāriō	argentāriīs
Accusative	argentārium	argentāriōs
Ablative	argentāriō	argentāriīs
Vocative	argentārie	argentāriī

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

Synonyms

• (money changer): nummulārius

Derived terms

• argentāria
• argentārium

Related terms

• argentum
• argentātus
• argenteus
• argentīfodīna
• Argentīnus
• argentōsus

Descendants

• Catalan: argenter
• French: argentier (“silversmith”)
• Italian: argentaio, argentario
• Romanian: argintar (“silversmith”)
• Spanish: argentero

Adjective

argentārius (feminine argentāria, neuter argentārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. silvern
2. monetary
3. financial
4. (relational) banking

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	argentārius	argentāria	argentārium		argentāriī	argentāriae	argentāria
Genitive	argentāriī	argentāriae	argentāriī		argentāriōrum	argentāriārum	argentāriōrum
Dative	argentāriō		argentāriō		argentāriīs
Accusative	argentārium	argentāriam	argentārium		argentāriōs	argentāriās	argentāria
Ablative	argentāriō	argentāriā	argentāriō		argentāriīs
Vocative	argentārie	argentāria	argentārium		argentāriī	argentāriae	argentāria

References

• “argentarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “argentarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• argentarius 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)
• argentarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be a banker: argentariam facere (Verr. 5. 59. 155)
    
  • to close one's bank, give up banking: argentariam dissolvere (Caecin. 4. 11)