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lampadarius

/ˌlæm.pəˈdɛɹi.əs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lam-padar-ius
IPA
/ˌlæm.pəˈdɛɹi.əs/
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A slave who carried torches before consuls, emperors and other high officials both during the later Roman Republic and under the Empire.

noun

The leader of the second (left) choir of singers in Eastern Orthodox Christianity.

Etymology

From Latin lampadārius, from lampada, from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “candle”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: lampadārius, λαμπάς

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌlæm.pəˈdɛɹi.əs/
  • British English: /ˌlæm.pəˈdɛəɹi.əs/

Inflected Forms

lampadarii (plural)

Rhymes With

omnivicarious solitarious noncalcareous corneo-calcareous noncarious nightmarious librarious howlarious duplicarius nonvicarious armarius tattyfilarious

Questions

How do you pronounce lampadarius?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌlæm.pəˈdɛɹi.əs/.
What does lampadarius mean?
A slave who carried torches before consuls, emperors and other high officials both during the later Roman Republic and under the Empire.
Where does lampadarius come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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