monstriger

Latin

Etymology

From mōnstrum (“monster”) +‎ -ger (suffix forming an adjective), from gerō (“to bear, carry”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmon.stri.ɡer/, [ˈmõːs̠t̪rɪɡɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmon.stri.d͡ʒer/, [ˈmɔnst̪rid͡ʒer]

Adjective

mōnstriger (feminine mōnstrigera, neuter mōnstrigerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. monstrous, horrid, misshapen

Declension

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

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mōnstriger	mōnstrigera	mōnstrigerum		mōnstrigerī	mōnstrigerae	mōnstrigera
Genitive	mōnstrigerī	mōnstrigerae	mōnstrigerī		mōnstrigerōrum	mōnstrigerārum	mōnstrigerōrum
Dative	mōnstrigerō		mōnstrigerō		mōnstrigerīs
Accusative	mōnstrigerum	mōnstrigeram	mōnstrigerum		mōnstrigerōs	mōnstrigerās	mōnstrigera
Ablative	mōnstrigerō	mōnstrigerā	mōnstrigerō		mōnstrigerīs
Vocative	mōnstriger	mōnstrigera	mōnstrigerum		mōnstrigerī	mōnstrigerae	mōnstrigera

Synonyms

• monstrifer

References

• “monstriger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• monstriger in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.