tigrifer
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From tigris (“tiger”) + -fer (“carrying”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈti.ɡri.fer/, [ˈt̪ɪɡrɪfɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈti.ɡri.fer/, [ˈt̪iːɡrifer]
Adjective
[edit]tigrifer (feminine tigrifera, neuter tigriferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
- bearing tigers
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | tigrifer | tigrifera | tigriferum | tigriferī | tigriferae | tigrifera | |
| genitive | tigriferī | tigriferae | tigriferī | tigriferōrum | tigriferārum | tigriferōrum | |
| dative | tigriferō | tigriferō | tigriferīs | ||||
| accusative | tigriferum | tigriferam | tigriferum | tigriferōs | tigriferās | tigrifera | |
| ablative | tigriferō | tigriferā | tigriferō | tigriferīs | |||
| vocative | tigrifer | tigrifera | tigriferum | tigriferī | tigriferae | tigrifera | |
References
[edit]- “tigrifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tigrifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.