auriger
Latin
Etymology
aurum (“gold”) + -ger (“bearing”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈau̯.rɪ.ɡɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaːu̯.ri.d͡ʒer]
Adjective
auriger (feminine aurigera, neuter aurigerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | auriger | aurigera | aurigerum | aurigerī | aurigerae | aurigera | |
| genitive | aurigerī | aurigerae | aurigerī | aurigerōrum | aurigerārum | aurigerōrum | |
| dative | aurigerō | aurigerae | aurigerō | aurigerīs | |||
| accusative | aurigerum | aurigeram | aurigerum | aurigerōs | aurigerās | aurigera | |
| ablative | aurigerō | aurigerā | aurigerō | aurigerīs | |||
| vocative | auriger | aurigera | aurigerum | aurigerī | aurigerae | aurigera | |
Synonyms
- (bearing gold): aurifer
Related terms
Descendants
- → Portuguese: aurígero
- → Spanish: aurígero
References
- “auriger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “auriger”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- auriger in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.