auriger

Latin

Etymology

aurum (“gold”) +‎ -ger (“bearing”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯.ri.ɡer/, [ˈäu̯rɪɡɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯.ri.d͡ʒer/, [ˈäːu̯rid͡ʒer]

Adjective

auriger (feminine aurigera, neuter aurigerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. bearing gold

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	auriger	aurigera	aurigerum		aurigerī	aurigerae	aurigera
genitive	aurigerī	aurigerae	aurigerī		aurigerōrum	aurigerārum	aurigerōrum
dative	aurigerō	aurigerae	aurigerō		aurigerīs
accusative	aurigerum	aurigeram	aurigerum		aurigerōs	aurigerās	aurigera
ablative	aurigerō	aurigerā	aurigerō		aurigerīs
vocative	auriger	aurigera	aurigerum		aurigerī	aurigerae	aurigera

Synonyms

• (bearing gold): aurifer

Related terms

• aurāria
• aurārius
• aurāta
• aurātilis
• aurātūra
• aurātus
• aureātus
• Aurēlia
• Aurēlius
• aureolus
• aurēscō
• aureus
• auricoctor
• auricolor
• auricomāns
• auricomus
• aurifer
• aurifex
• aurificīna
• aurificium
• aurifluus
• aurifodīna
• aurifrigium
• aurigāns
• aurigena
• aurilegulus
• auripigmentum
• aurō
• aurōsus
• aurūgineus
• aurūginō
• aurūginōsus
• aurūgō
• aurulentus
• aurum

Descendants

• → Portuguese: aurígero
• → Spanish: aurígero

References

• “auriger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “auriger”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• auriger in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.