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Latin
Etymology
turris (“tower”) + -ger (“bearing”)
Pronunciation
Adjective
turriger (feminine turrigera, neuter turrigerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
- (poetic) having turrets, turreted, turret-crowned (an epithet of Cybele, an Earth goddess)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
References
- “turriger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “turriger”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- turriger in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- turriger in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016