adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
cōniger
cōniger (feminine cōnigera, neuter cōnigerum)
Classical[ˈkoː.nɪ.ɡɛr]Ecclesiastical[ˈkɔː.ni.d͡ʒer]
Meaning
- adjectivehaving conical fruit, coniferous
nam velut in summo quatientem bracchia Tauro quercum aut conigeram sudanti cortice pinum indomitus turbo contorquens flamine robur eruit[…]
Translation by Leonard C. Smithers For as an oak waving its boughs on Taurus' top, or a coniferous pine with sweating stem, is uprooted by savage storm, twisting its trunk with its blast […]c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 64
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | in -er cōniger | cōnigera | cōnigerum |
| genitive | cōnigerī | cōnigerae | cōnigerī |
| dative | cōnigerō | cōnigerae | cōnigerō |
| accusative | cōnigerum | cōnigeram | cōnigerum |
| ablative | cōnigerō | cōnigerā | cōnigerō |
| vocative | cōniger | cōnigera | cōnigerum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | cōnigerī | cōnigerae | cōnigera |
| genitive | cōnigerōrum | cōnigerārum | cōnigerōrum |
| dative | cōnigerīs | cōnigerīs | cōnigerīs |
| accusative | cōnigerōs | cōnigerās | cōnigera |
| ablative | cōnigerīs | cōnigerīs | cōnigerīs |
| vocative | cōnigerī | cōnigerae | cōnigera |
cōnĭger, gĕra, gĕrum, adj. conusgero,
I. bearing fruit of a conical form:
pinus, Cat. 64, 106; cf. conifer and conus.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
cōniger gera, gerum, adj.
conus + gero, bearing conical fruit: pinus, Ct.
Origins
From cōnus (“cone”) + -ger (“bearing”).