contiger
Latin
Etymology
contus (“long pole, pike”) + -ger (“bearing”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.ti.ɡer/, [ˈkɔn.tɪ.ɡɛr]
Adjective
contiger (feminine contigera, neuter contigerum); first/second declension
- spear-bearing
Declension
First/second declension, nominative masculine singular in -er.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | contiger | contigera | contigerum | contigerī | contigerae | contigera | |
Genitive | contigerī | contigerae | contigerī | contigerōrum | contigerārum | contigerōrum | |
Dative | contigerō | contigerō | contigerīs | ||||
Accusative | contigerum | contigeram | contigerum | contigerōs | contigerās | contigera | |
Ablative | contigerō | contigerā | contigerō | contigerīs | |||
Vocative | contiger | contigera | contigerum | contigerī | contigerae | contigera |
Noun
contiger m (genitive contigerī); second declension
- a spear-bearer, a lancer
Declension
Second declension, nominative singular in -er.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | contiger | contigerī |
Genitive | contigerī | contigerōrum |
Dative | contigerō | contigerīs |
Accusative | contigerum | contigerōs |
Ablative | contigerō | contigerīs |
Vocative | contiger1 | contigerī |
1May also be contigere.
References
- contiger in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- contiger in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette