contiger

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Latin

Etymology

contus (“long pole, pike”) +‎ -ger (“bearing”)

Pronunciation

Adjective

contiger (feminine contigera, neuter contigerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. spear-bearing

Declension

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

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative contiger contigera contigerum contigerī contigerae contigera
genitive contigerī contigerae contigerī contigerōrum contigerārum contigerōrum
dative contigerō contigerae contigerō contigerīs
accusative contigerum contigeram contigerum contigerōs contigerās contigera
ablative contigerō contigerā contigerō contigerīs
vocative contiger contigera contigerum contigerī contigerae contigera

Noun

contiger m (genitive contigerī); second declension

  1. a spear-bearer, a lancer

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

singular plural
nominative contiger contigerī
genitive contigerī contigerōrum
dative contigerō contigerīs
accusative contigerum contigerōs
ablative contigerō contigerīs
vocative contiger contigerī

References

  • “contiger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • contiger in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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