Latin

Adjective

blattārius m ‎(feminine blattāria, neuter blattārium); first/second declension

1. pertaining to or suitable for blattae (q.v.)
2. (of a place, figuratively) dark, dim, gloomy, obscure (so called from the dislike of blattae of the light)

Declension

First/second declension.

Derived terms

• blattāria

References

• blattārĭus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “blattārĭus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 221/3.
• “blattārius” on page 236/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)