rangifer
See also: Rangifer and rangífer
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈran.ɡi.fer/, [ˈräŋɡɪfɛr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈran.d͡ʒi.fer/, [ˈrän̠ʲd͡ʒifer]
Noun
rangifer m (genitive rangiferī); second declension
- A reindeer; a caribou.
Declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | rangifer | rangiferī |
| Genitive | rangiferī | rangiferōrum |
| Dative | rangiferō | rangiferīs |
| Accusative | rangiferum | rangiferōs |
| Ablative | rangiferō | rangiferīs |
| Vocative | rangifer | rangiferī |
Quotations
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- 1681: Lappones hieme cum ſuis rangiferis tranſmigrantes ex nive condenſata sibi tuguria inſtruunt, ac ſupernè ramis arborum & nive ſuper inſtrata contegunt, adverſus frigus duriſſimum ſatis muniti, quando nec alia eorum eſt veſtis, quam Rangiferorum pellis nudæ cuti aptata. —Speculum imaginum veritatis occultae, R. P. Iacobus Masenius
- (The Lapps, migrating in winter with their reindeer, build up huts for themselves out of packed snow and covered with branches of trees on top and strewn snow, are sufficiently armed against the harshest cold, even when no other is their clothing than the pelt of their Reindeer put on their naked skin.)
Synonyms
- (reindeer): tarandrus
References
- rangifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- rangifer in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016