Latin edit

Etymology edit

plāga (stroke, blow, cut) +‎ -ger (bearing)

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

plāgiger (feminine plāgigera, neuter plāgigerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. (archaic, hapax, humorous, Plautinian) stripe-bearing, born to be flogged

Declension edit

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

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative plāgiger plāgigera plāgigerum plāgigerī plāgigerae plāgigera
Genitive plāgigerī plāgigerae plāgigerī plāgigerōrum plāgigerārum plāgigerōrum
Dative plāgigerō plāgigerō plāgigerīs
Accusative plāgigerum plāgigeram plāgigerum plāgigerōs plāgigerās plāgigera
Ablative plāgigerō plāgigerā plāgigerō plāgigerīs
Vocative plāgiger plāgigera plāgigerum plāgigerī plāgigerae plāgigera

Derived terms edit

References edit

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