binarius

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *dwís

Proto-Italic *dwis

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Proto-Italic *dwiznos

Latin bīnus

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -ārius

Latin bīnārius

From bīnus + -ārius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [biːˈnaː.ri.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [biˈnaː.ri.us]
• Hyphenation: bī‧nā‧ri‧us

Adjective

bīnārius (feminine bīnāria, neuter bīnārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. dual (containing or consisting of two things)
2. constituted by, or being related to something which is constituted by two elements of similar importance, consequence, or significance
3. binary

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bīnārius	bīnāria	bīnārium		bīnāriī	bīnāriae	bīnāria
genitive	bīnāriī	bīnāriae	bīnāriī		bīnāriōrum	bīnāriārum	bīnāriōrum
dative	bīnāriō	bīnāriae	bīnāriō		bīnāriīs
accusative	bīnārium	bīnāriam	bīnārium		bīnāriōs	bīnāriās	bīnāria
ablative	bīnāriō	bīnāriā	bīnāriō		bīnāriīs
vocative	bīnārie	bīnāria	bīnārium		bīnāriī	bīnāriae	bīnāria

Descendants

• → Catalan: binari
• → French: binaire
  • → English: binary
• → Galician: binario
• → Italian: binario
• → Portuguese: binário
• → Spanish: binario

References

• “bīnārĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• bīnārius in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 831
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “binarius”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
• “bīnārĭus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 218, column 3.