rangifer

See also: Rangifer and rangífer

Latin

Etymology

Probably from Old French rangier (“reindeer”), from Old Norse hreindýri (“reindeer”), with the suffix remodeled to -ifer.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈran.ɡi.fer/, [ˈräŋɡɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈran.d͡ʒi.fer/, [ˈrän̠ʲd͡ʒifer]

Noun

rangifer m (genitive rangiferī); second declension

1. reindeer; caribou
   • 1681, R. P. Iacobus Masenius, Speculum imaginum veritatis occultae‎^[1]:

     Lappones hieme cum ſuis rangiferis tranſmigrantes ex nive condenſata sibi tuguria inſtruunt, ac ſupernè ramis arborum & nive ſuper inſtrata contegunt, adverſus frigus duriſſimum ſatis muniti, quando nec alia eorum eſt veſtis, quam Rangiferorum pellis nudæ cuti aptata.

     The Lapps, migrating in winter with their reindeer, build up huts for themselves out of packed snow and covered with branches of trees on top and strewn snow, are sufficiently armed against the harshest cold, even when no other is their clothing than the pelt of their reindeer put on their naked skin.

Declension

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rangifer	rangiferī
Genitive	rangiferī	rangiferōrum
Dative	rangiferō	rangiferīs
Accusative	rangiferum	rangiferōs
Ablative	rangiferō	rangiferīs
Vocative	rangifer	rangiferī

Synonyms

• (reindeer): tarandrus

References

• rangifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• rangifer in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016