pelliger

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Latin

Etymology

pellis (“pelt, hide”) +‎ -ger (“bearing”)

Pronunciation

Adjective

pelliger (feminine pelligera, neuter pelligerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. clad in skins or furs

Declension

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

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative pelliger pelligera pelligerum pelligerī pelligerae pelligera
genitive pelligerī pelligerae pelligerī pelligerōrum pelligerārum pelligerōrum
dative pelligerō pelligerae pelligerō pelligerīs
accusative pelligerum pelligeram pelligerum pelligerōs pelligerās pelligera
ablative pelligerō pelligerā pelligerō pelligerīs
vocative pelliger pelligera pelligerum pelligerī pelligerae pelligera

References

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