laniger
Latin
Etymology
lāna (“wool”) + -ger (“bearing”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlaː.ni.ɡer/, [ˈɫ̪äːnɪɡɛr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈla.ni.d͡ʒer/, [ˈläːnid͡ʒer]
Adjective
lāniger (feminine lānigera, neuter lānigerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
- (poetic) wool-bearing, fleecy
- of a lamb
Declension
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | lāniger | lānigera | lānigerum | lānigerī | lānigerae | lānigera | |
| Genitive | lānigerī | lānigerae | lānigerī | lānigerōrum | lānigerārum | lānigerōrum | |
| Dative | lānigerō | lānigerō | lānigerīs | ||||
| Accusative | lānigerum | lānigeram | lānigerum | lānigerōs | lānigerās | lānigera | |
| Ablative | lānigerō | lānigerā | lānigerō | lānigerīs | |||
| Vocative | lāniger | lānigera | lānigerum | lānigerī | lānigerae | lānigera | |
Derived terms
- lānigera
Noun
lāniger m (genitive lānigerī); second declension
- ram
- (astronomy, poetic) the constellation of the Ram (Aries)
Declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
| Case | 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