barbiger

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Latin

Etymology

barba (beard) +‎ -ger (bearing)

Pronunciation

Adjective

barbiger (feminine barbigera, neuter barbigerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. wearing a beard, bearded
    1. of goats
      (Can we find and add a quotation of Lucretius to this entry?)

Quippe videre licet pinguescere saepe cicuta barbigeras pecudes, homini quae est acre venenum. (De Rerum Natura 5.899-900)

Declension

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

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