squamiger

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Latin

Etymology

squāma (“scale”) +‎ -ger (“bearing”)

Pronunciation

Adjective

squāmiger (feminine squāmigera, neuter squāmigerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. (poetic) scale-bearing, scaly, squamigerous

Declension

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

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative squāmiger squāmigera squāmigerum squāmigerī squāmigerae squāmigera
genitive squāmigerī squāmigerae squāmigerī squāmigerōrum squāmigerārum squāmigerōrum
dative squāmigerō squāmigerae squāmigerō squāmigerīs
accusative squāmigerum squāmigeram squāmigerum squāmigerōs squāmigerās squāmigera
ablative squāmigerō squāmigerā squāmigerō squāmigerīs
vocative squāmiger squāmigera squāmigerum squāmigerī squāmigerae squāmigera

Derived terms

References

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