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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)
- wearing a beard, bearded
- 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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