auriger

auriger

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-der.
Proto-Italic *auzom
Latin aurum
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Proto-Italic *gezō
Latin gerō
Latin -ger
Latin auriger

    From aurum (“gold”) + -ger (“bearing”).

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    auriger (feminine aurigera, neuter aurigerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

    1. bearing gold

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative auriger aurigera aurigerum aurigerī aurigerae aurigera
    genitive aurigerī aurigerae aurigerī aurigerōrum aurigerārum aurigerōrum
    dative aurigerō aurigerae aurigerō aurigerīs
    accusative aurigerum aurigeram aurigerum aurigerōs aurigerās aurigera
    ablative aurigerō aurigerā aurigerō aurigerīs
    vocative auriger aurigera aurigerum aurigerī aurigerae aurigera

    Synonyms

    Descendants

    • → Portuguese: aurígero
    • → Spanish: aurígero

    References

    • “auriger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “auriger”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “auriger”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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