numerarius

Latin

Etymology

    From numerus (“number”).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    numerārius m (genitive numerāriī or numerārī); second declension

    1. arithmetician
    2. keeper of accounts; accountant

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

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

    Descendants

    • French: numéraire
    • Spanish: numerario

    References

    • “numerarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • "numerarius", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “numerarius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • numerarius in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016