squamiger
Latin
Etymology
Etymology tree
From squāma (“scale”) + -ger (“bearing”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈskʷaː.mɪ.ɡɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈskʷaː.mi.d͡ʒer]
Adjective
squāmiger (feminine squāmigera, neuter squāmigerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
- (poetic) scale-bearing, scaly, squamigerous
Declension
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | squāmiger | squāmigera | squāmigerum | squāmigerī | squāmigerae | squāmigera | |
| genitive | squāmigerī | squāmigerae | squāmigerī | squāmigerōrum | squāmigerārum | squāmigerōrum | |
| dative | squāmigerō | squāmigerae | squāmigerō | squāmigerīs | |||
| accusative | squāmigerum | squāmigeram | squāmigerum | squāmigerōs | squāmigerās | squāmigera | |
| ablative | squāmigerō | squāmigerā | squāmigerō | squāmigerīs | |||
| vocative | squāmiger | squāmigera | squāmigerum | squāmigerī | squāmigerae | squāmigera | |
Derived terms
References
- “squamiger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “squamiger”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “squamiger”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.