tigrifer
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From tigris (“tiger”) + -fer (“carrying”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈti.ɡri.fer/, [ˈt̪ɪɡrɪfɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈti.ɡri.fer/, [ˈt̪iːɡrifer]
Adjective edit
tigrifer (feminine tigrifera, neuter tigriferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
- bearing tigers
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | tigrifer | tigrifera | tigriferum | tigriferī | tigriferae | tigrifera | |
| Genitive | tigriferī | tigriferae | tigriferī | tigriferōrum | tigriferārum | tigriferōrum | |
| Dative | tigriferō | tigriferō | tigriferīs | ||||
| Accusative | tigriferum | tigriferam | tigriferum | tigriferōs | tigriferās | tigrifera | |
| Ablative | tigriferō | tigriferā | tigriferō | tigriferīs | |||
| Vocative | tigrifer | tigrifera | tigriferum | tigriferī | tigriferae | tigrifera | |
References edit
- “tigrifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tigrifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.