squamiger

Latin

Etymology

squāma (“scale”) +‎ -ger (“bearing”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈskʷaː.mi.ɡer/, [ˈs̠kʷäːmɪɡɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈskwa.mi.d͡ʒer/, [ˈskwäːmid͡ʒer]

Adjective

squāmiger (feminine squāmigera, neuter squāmigerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. (poetic) scale-bearing, scaly, squamigerous

Declension

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

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	squāmiger	squāmigera	squāmigerum		squāmigerī	squāmigerae	squāmigera
Genitive	squāmigerī	squāmigerae	squāmigerī		squāmigerōrum	squāmigerārum	squāmigerōrum
Dative	squāmigerō		squāmigerō		squāmigerīs
Accusative	squāmigerum	squāmigeram	squāmigerum		squāmigerōs	squāmigerās	squāmigera
Ablative	squāmigerō	squāmigerā	squāmigerō		squāmigerīs
Vocative	squāmiger	squāmigera	squāmigerum		squāmigerī	squāmigerae	squāmigera

Derived terms

• squāmigerī

References

• “squamiger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “squamiger”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• squamiger in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.