spiniger

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Latin

Etymology

spīna (thorn) +‎ -ger (bearing)

Pronunciation

Adjective

spīniger (feminine spīnigera, neuter spīnigerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. thorn-bearing, thorny

Declension

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

References

  • spiniger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • spiniger”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • spiniger in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.