silenziario

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin silentiārus, from silentium (“silence”), from sileō (“to be silent”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /si.lenˈt͡sja.rjo/
Rhymes: -arjo
Hyphenation: si‧len‧zià‧rio

Noun

silenziario m (plural silenziari)

(in Roman Antiquity) a domestic servant (usually a slave) who stood about his master, charged with seeing to it that no noise etc. disturbed him while resting or working

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