laniger
Latin
Etymology
Etymology tree
From lāna (“wool”) + -ger (“bearing”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫaː.nɪ.ɡɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈlaː.ni.d͡ʒer]
Adjective
lāniger (feminine lānigera, neuter lānigerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | lāniger | lānigera | lānigerum | lānigerī | lānigerae | lānigera | |
| genitive | lānigerī | lānigerae | lānigerī | lānigerōrum | lānigerārum | lānigerōrum | |
| dative | lānigerō | lānigerae | lānigerō | lānigerīs | |||
| accusative | lānigerum | lānigeram | lānigerum | lānigerōs | lānigerās | lānigera | |
| ablative | lānigerō | lānigerā | lānigerō | lānigerīs | |||
| vocative | lāniger | lānigera | lānigerum | lānigerī | lānigerae | lānigera | |
Derived terms
Noun
lāniger m (genitive lānigerī); second declension
- ram
- (astronomy, poetic) the constellation of the Ram (Aries)
Declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lāniger | lānigerī |
| genitive | lānigerī | lānigerōrum |
| dative | lānigerō | lānigerīs |
| accusative | lānigerum | lānigerōs |
| ablative | lānigerō | lānigerīs |
| vocative | lāniger | lānigerī |
References
- “laniger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “laniger”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “laniger”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.