armiger

armiger

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin armiger (“carrying weapons or armour”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːmɪdʒə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɹmɪdʒəɹ/

Noun

armiger (plural armigers)

1. (heraldry) A person entitled to bear a coat of arms.
2. A squire carrying the armour of a knight.

Derived terms

• armigerous

Translations

person entitled to bear a coat of arms

Italian: armigero (it) m Macedonian: грбоносец m (grbonósec)

Portuguese: armígero (pt) m Russian: дворяни́н (ru) m (dvorjanín)

squire carrying the armour of a knight.

Armenian: զինակիր (hy) (zinakir) Catalan: escuder m Italian: scudiero (it) m

Russian: оружено́сец (ru) m (oruženósec) Spanish: armígero (es) m

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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

1. carrying weapons or armor/armour; armed; warlike
2. (substantive) weapon-bearer, i.e. warrior's assistant, an armor bearer, armour bearer, shield bearer
3. (substantive) bodyguard

Inflection

First/second declension, nominative masculine singular in -er.

Number	Singular				Plural
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.