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).

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.