Lewis & Short

Parsing inflected forms may not always work as expected. If the following does not give the correct word, try Latin Words or Perseus.

1. ostĭārĭus, ii, v. 2. ostiarius, I.

2. ostĭārĭus, a, um, adj. [ostium], of or belonging to the door: ancilla, portress, Vulg. Johan. 18, 17; usu. subst.

  1. I. ostĭā-rĭus, ii, m., a door-keeper, porter (syn.: janitor, portitor), Varr. R. R. 1, 13; Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 64; Vulg. 1 Par. 9, 22.
    By the rich they were, in early times, occasionally chained up, Suet. Rhet. 3.
    In the Christian church, a sexton, Cod. Th. 1, 3, 6; 16, 2, 27.
  2. II. ostĭāria, ae, f., a female doorkeeper, portress, Ambros. in Luc. 10, § 75; Vulg. 2 Reg. 4, 5; id. Johan. 18, 16.
  3. III. ostĭārĭum, ii, n., a tax upon doors, a door-tax: columnaria, ostiaria, frumentum, vecturae imperabantur, Caes. B. C. 3, 32 (called exactio ostiorum, Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5).