LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

armiger1

armiger (feminine armigera, neuter armigerum)
Classical[ˈar.mɪ.ɡɛr]Ecclesiastical[ˈar.mi.d͡ʒer]

Meaning

  1. adjectivecarrying weapons or armor/armour; armed; warlike

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativein -er
armiger		armigeraarmigerum
genitivearmigerīarmigeraearmigerī
dativearmigerōarmigeraearmigerō
accusativearmigerumarmigeramarmigerum
ablativearmigerōarmigerāarmigerō
vocativearmigerarmigeraarmigerum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativearmigerīarmigeraearmigera
genitivearmigerōrumarmigerārumarmigerōrum
dativearmigerīsarmigerīsarmigerīs
accusativearmigerōsarmigerāsarmigera
ablativearmigerīsarmigerīsarmigerīs
vocativearmigerīarmigeraearmigera

armĭger (ARMIGERVS in a late inscr., Orell. 3631), gĕra, gĕrum, adj. arma-gero,
I. bearing weapons, armed, warlike (in this last sense rare, instead of armifer).
I. Pennigero non armigero in corpore, Att. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 33: cum paucis armigeris, Curt. 3, 12: Phoebumque, armigerum deum (i. e. Martem), Sil. 7, 87: Colchis armigeră proelia sevit humo, Prop. 4, 10, 10: sulcus, Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 324, i. q. armiferum arvum (v. armifer fin.).—
II. Subst., an armor-bearer, shield-bearer, a female armorbearer (this is the prevailing signif. of the word).
A. Masc.: armiger, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 11; id. Cas. prol. 55: Sergius armiger Catilinae, i.e. an adherent, Cic. Dom. 5: regisque Thoactes Armiger, Ov. M. 5, 148; so id. ib. 12, 363: hic (Butes) Dardanio Anchisae Armiger ante fuit, Verg. A. 9, 648: vocavit armigerum suum, Vulg. Jud. 9, 54; ib. 1 Reg. 14, 1; ib. 1 Par. 10, 4 et saep.: armiger Jovis, i. e. aquila, Ov. M. 15, 386; Verg. A. 9, 564 (cf. Hor. C. 4, 4, 1: minister fulminis ales): armiger hac magni patet Hectoris, i. e. the promontory of Misenus, named after Misenus, the armor-bearer of Hector, Stat. S. 2, 77.—
B. Fem.: armigera, of the armor-bearer of Diana, Ov. M. 3, 166; 5, 619.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂(e)rmos
  3. Latinarmiger

Proto-Italic *armosder. Latin arma Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Italic *gezō Latin gerō Latin -ger Latin armiger From arma (“arms”) + -ger (“bearing”).

Descendants
  • Englisharmiger
  • Italianarmigero
  • Portuguesearmígero
  • Spanisharmígero
noun · masculinesecond declension
armiger2
armiger m (genitive armigerī, feminine armigera)
Classical[ˈar.mɪ.ɡɛr]Ecclesiastical[ˈar.mi.d͡ʒer]

Meaning

  1. masculineweapon-bearer, i.e. warrior's assistant, an armor bearer, armour bearer, shield bearer
  2. masculinebodyguard
  3. Medieval Latinmasculinesquire

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativearmigerarmigerī
genitivearmigerīarmigerōrum
dativearmigerōarmigerīs
accusativearmigerumarmigerōs
ablativearmigerōarmigerīs
vocativearmigerarmigerī

Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.

armiger erī, m
arma + GES-, one who bears arms (late), Cu. — An armor-bearer, shield-bearer (poet.): regis, O.: Iovis, i. e. aquila, V.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂(e)rmos
  3. Latinarmiger

Proto-Italic *armosder. Latin arma Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Italic *gezō Latin gerō Latin -ger Latin armiger From arma (“arms”) + -ger (“bearing”).

Quick answers

What does armiger mean in Latin?
armiger, a adjective, means “carrying weapons or armor/armour; armed; warlike”.
How do you pronounce armiger?
In classical Latin, [ˈar.mɪ.ɡɛr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈar.mi.d͡ʒer].
Where does armiger come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- → Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos → Latin armiger.