laniger

Latin

Etymology

From lāna (“wool”) +‎ -ger (“bearing”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

lāniger (feminine lānigera, neuter lānigerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. (poetic) wool-bearing, fleecy
  2. of a lamb

Declension

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

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative lāniger lānigera lānigerum lānigerī lānigerae lānigera
genitive lānigerī lānigerae lānigerī lānigerōrum lānigerārum lānigerōrum
dative lānigerō lānigerae lānigerō lānigerīs
accusative lānigerum lānigeram lānigerum lānigerōs lānigerās lānigera
ablative lānigerō lānigerā lānigerō lānigerīs
vocative lāniger lānigera lānigerum lānigerī lānigerae lānigera

Derived terms

Noun

lāniger m (genitive lānigerī); second declension

  1. ram
  2. (astronomy, poetic) the constellation of the Ram (Aries)

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

singular plural
nominative lāniger lānigerī
genitive lānigerī lānigerōrum
dative lānigerō lānigerīs
accusative lānigerum lānigerōs
ablative lānigerō lānigerīs
vocative lāniger lānigerī

References

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