armiger
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin armiger (“carrying weapons or armour”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɑːmɪdʒə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑːɹmɪdʒəɹ/
Noun
armiger (plural armigers)
- (heraldry) A person entitled to bear a coat of arms.
- A squire carrying the armour of a knight.
Derived terms
- armigerous
Translations
person entitled to bear a coat of arms
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squire carrying the armour of a knight.
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Latin
FWOTD – 4 June 2013
Etymology
From arma (“arms”) + -ger (“bearing”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈar.mi.ɡer/, [ˈar.mɪ.ɡɛr]
Adjective
armiger (feminine armigera, neuter armigerum); first/second declension
- carrying weapons or armor/armour; armed; warlike
- (substantive) weapon-bearer, i.e. warrior's assistant, an armor bearer, armour bearer, shield bearer
- (substantive) bodyguard
Inflection
First/second declension, nominative masculine singular in -er.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | armiger | armigera | armigerum | armigerī | armigerae | armigera | |
Genitive | armigerī | armigerae | armigerī | armigerōrum | armigerārum | armigerōrum | |
Dative | armigerō | armigerae | armigerō | armigerīs | armigerīs | armigerīs | |
Accusative | armigerum | armigeram | armigerum | armigerōs | armigerās | armigera | |
Ablative | armigerō | armigerā | armigerō | armigerīs | armigerīs | armigerīs | |
Vocative | armiger | armigera | armigerum | armigerī | armigerae | armigera |
Synonyms
- (armed): armifer
- (warlike): armifer, armipotēns, bellātōrius, bellāx, bellicus, bellifer, belliger, bellōsus, ferōx, mīlitāris
Derived terms
- armigera
Descendants
- English: armiger
- Italian: armigero
- Portuguese: armígero
- Spanish: armígero
References
- armiger in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- armiger in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- armiger in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- "armiger" in Mediae latinitatis lexicon minus. Lexique latin médieval-français-anglais. A Medieval Latin-French-English dictionary, compiled by Jan Frederik Niermeyer and C. van de Kieft. Leiden: Brill, 1976.