armiger
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin armiger (“carrying weapons or armour”).
Pronunciation
Noun
armiger (plural armigers)
- An esquire, originally carrying the armour of a knight; (hence, later) a man of the gentry ranking below a knight.
- (loosely, heraldry) Any person entitled to bear a coat of arms.
Derived terms
Translations
person entitled to bear a coat of arms
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squire carrying the armour of a knight
Latin
Etymology
From arma (“arms”) + -ger (“bearing”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈar.mi.ɡer/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈar.mi.d͡ʒer/,
Adjective
armiger (feminine armigera, neuter armigerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | armiger | armigera | armigerum | armigerī | armigerae | armigera | |
| genitive | armigerī | armigerae | armigerī | armigerōrum | armigerārum | armigerōrum | |
| dative | armigerō | armigerae | armigerō | armigerīs | |||
| accusative | armigerum | armigeram | armigerum | armigerōs | armigerās | armigera | |
| ablative | armigerō | armigerā | armigerō | armigerīs | |||
| vocative | armiger | armigera | armigerum | armigerī | armigerae | armigera | |
Synonyms
- (armed): armifer
- (warlike): armifer, armipotēns, bellātōrius, bellāx, bellicus, bellifer, belliger, bellōsus, ferōx, mīlitāris
Derived terms
Descendants
Noun
armiger m (genitive armigerī, feminine armigera); second declension
- weapon-bearer, i.e. warrior's assistant, an armor bearer, armour bearer, shield bearer
- bodyguard
- (Medieval Latin) squire
Declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | armiger | armigerī |
| genitive | armigerī | armigerōrum |
| dative | armigerō | armigerīs |
| accusative | armigerum | armigerōs |
| ablative | armigerō | armigerīs |
| vocative | armiger | armigerī |
See also
References
- “armiger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “armiger”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- armiger in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- "armiger" in Mediae latinitatis lexicon minus. Lexique latin médieval-français-anglais. A Medieval Latin-French-English dictionary, compiled by Jan Frederik Niermeyer and C. van de Kieft. Leiden: Brill, 1976.