tigrinus

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Latin

Etymology

tigris (“tiger”) +‎ -īnus

Pronunciation

Adjective

tigrīnus (feminine tigrīna, neuter tigrīnum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of or relating to tigers
  2. striped like a tiger

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative tigrīnus tigrīna tigrīnum tigrīnī tigrīnae tigrīna
Genitive tigrīnī tigrīnae tigrīnī tigrīnōrum tigrīnārum tigrīnōrum
Dative tigrīnō tigrīnō tigrīnīs
Accusative tigrīnum tigrīnam tigrīnum tigrīnōs tigrīnās tigrīna
Ablative tigrīnō tigrīnā tigrīnō tigrīnīs
Vocative tigrīne tigrīna tigrīnum tigrīnī tigrīnae tigrīna

Descendants

  • English: tigrine

References

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