tigrinus

tigrinus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin tigris
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnus
Latin tigrīnus

    From tigris (“tiger”) + -īnus.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    tigrīnus (feminine tigrīna, neuter tigrīnum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. of or relating to tigers
    2. striped like a tiger

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative tigrīnus tigrīna tigrīnum tigrīnī tigrīnae tigrīna
    genitive tigrīnī tigrīnae tigrīnī tigrīnōrum tigrīnārum tigrīnōrum
    dative tigrīnō tigrīnae tigrīnō tigrīnīs
    accusative tigrīnum tigrīnam tigrīnum tigrīnōs tigrīnās tigrīna
    ablative tigrīnō tigrīnā tigrīnō tigrīnīs
    vocative tigrīne tigrīna tigrīnum tigrīnī tigrīnae tigrīna

    Descendants

    • English: tigrine

    References

    • “tigrinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “tigrinus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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