pistriger

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Latin

Etymology

pistris (“any sea-monster; a whale, shark, sawfish”) +‎ -ger (“bearing”)

Pronunciation

Adjective

pistriger (feminine pistrigera, neuter pistrigerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. whale-bearing; carrying a whale's body, ending in a whale's tail

Declension

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

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative pistriger pistrigera pistrigerum pistrigerī pistrigerae pistrigera
Genitive pistrigerī pistrigerae pistrigerī pistrigerōrum pistrigerārum pistrigerōrum
Dative pistrigerō pistrigerō pistrigerīs
Accusative pistrigerum pistrigeram pistrigerum pistrigerōs pistrigerās pistrigera
Ablative pistrigerō pistrigerā pistrigerō pistrigerīs
Vocative pistriger pistrigera pistrigerum pistrigerī pistrigerae pistrigera

References

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