Liger

See also: liger

Latin

Etymology

Of Celtic/Gaulish origin, probably from Transalpine Gaulish *liga (“silt, sediment”), whence French lie, from Proto-Celtic *legyā, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie, lay”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ɡer/, [ˈlʲɪɡɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.d͡ʒer/, [ˈliːd͡ʒer]

View of the river

Proper noun

Liger m sg (genitive Ligeris); third declension

1. The river Loire in France

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Liger
Genitive	Ligeris
Dative	Ligerī
Accusative	Ligerem
Ablative	Ligere
Vocative	Liger

Derived terms

• Ligericus

Descendants

• → Breton: Liger
• Franco-Provençal: Lêre
• French: Loire
  • → Catalan: Loira
  • → English: Loire
  • → Polish: Loara
  • → Spanish: Loira
• Occitan: Léger
• → Greek: Λίγηρας (Lígiras)

Further reading

• “Liger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Liger in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Liger”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly