contiger
Latin edit
Etymology edit
contus (“long pole, pike”) + -ger (“bearing”)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.ti.ɡer/, [ˈkɔn̪t̪ɪɡɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.ti.d͡ʒer/, [ˈkɔn̪t̪id͡ʒer]
Adjective edit
contiger (feminine contigera, neuter contigerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | contiger | contigera | contigerum | contigerī | contigerae | contigera | |
| Genitive | contigerī | contigerae | contigerī | contigerōrum | contigerārum | contigerōrum | |
| Dative | contigerō | contigerō | contigerīs | ||||
| Accusative | contigerum | contigeram | contigerum | contigerōs | contigerās | contigera | |
| Ablative | contigerō | contigerā | contigerō | contigerīs | |||
| Vocative | contiger | contigera | contigerum | contigerī | contigerae | contigera | |
Noun edit
contiger m (genitive contigerī); second declension
- a spear-bearer, a lancer
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | contiger | contigerī |
| Genitive | contigerī | contigerōrum |
| Dative | contigerō | contigerīs |
| Accusative | contigerum | contigerōs |
| Ablative | contigerō | contigerīs |
| Vocative | contiger | contigerī |
References edit
- “contiger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- contiger in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.