laniger

Latin

Etymology

From lāna (“wool”) +‎ -ger (“bearing”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlaː.ni.ɡer/, [ˈɫ̪äːnɪɡɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.ni.d͡ʒer/, [ˈläːnid͡ʒer]

Adjective

lāniger (feminine lānigera, neuter lānigerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. (poetic) wool-bearing, fleecy
2. of a lamb

Declension

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

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lāniger	lānigera	lānigerum		lānigerī	lānigerae	lānigera
genitive	lānigerī	lānigerae	lānigerī		lānigerōrum	lānigerārum	lānigerōrum
dative	lānigerō	lānigerae	lānigerō		lānigerīs
accusative	lānigerum	lānigeram	lānigerum		lānigerōs	lānigerās	lānigera
ablative	lānigerō	lānigerā	lānigerō		lānigerīs
vocative	lāniger	lānigera	lānigerum		lānigerī	lānigerae	lānigera

Derived terms

• lānigera

Noun

lāniger m (genitive lānigerī); second declension

1. ram
2. (astronomy, poetic) the constellation of the Ram (Aries)

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

	singular	plural
nominative	lāniger	lānigerī
genitive	lānigerī	lānigerōrum
dative	lānigerō	lānigerīs
accusative	lānigerum	lānigerōs
ablative	lānigerō	lānigerīs
vocative	lāniger	lānigerī

References

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