Liger

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Etymology

Of Celtic/Gaulish origin, probably from Transalpine Gaulish *liga (“silt, sediment”), whence French lie, from Proto-Celtic *legyā, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie, lay”).

Pronunciation

View of the river

Proper noun

Liger m sg (genitive Ligeris); third declension

  1. The river Loire in France

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Liger
Genitive Ligeris
Dative Ligerī
Accusative Ligerem
Ablative Ligere
Vocative Liger

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Breton: Liger
  • Franco-Provençal: Lêre
  • French: Loire
  • Occitan: Léger
  • → Greek: Λίγηρας (Lígiras)

Further reading

  • “Liger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Liger in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “Liger”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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