adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
lāniger1
lāniger (feminine lānigera, neuter lānigerum)
Classical[ˈɫaː.nɪ.ɡɛr]Ecclesiastical[ˈlaː.ni.d͡ʒer]
Meaning
- adjectivepoeticwool-bearing, fleecy
- adjectiveof a lamb
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | in -er lāniger | lānigera | lānigerum |
| genitive | lānigerī | lānigerae | lānigerī |
| dative | lānigerō | lānigerae | lānigerō |
| accusative | lānigerum | lānigeram | lānigerum |
| ablative | lānigerō | lānigerā | lānigerō |
| vocative | lāniger | lānigera | lānigerum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lānigerī | lānigerae | lānigera |
| genitive | lānigerōrum | lānigerārum | lānigerōrum |
| dative | lānigerīs | lānigerīs | lānigerīs |
| accusative | lānigerōs | lānigerās | lānigera |
| ablative | lānigerīs | lānigerīs | lānigerīs |
| vocative | lānigerī | lānigerae | lānigera |
lānĭger, gĕra, gĕrum, adj. lana-gero,
I. wool-bearing, fleecy (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): pecus, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 44:
greges, Verg. G. 3, 287: arbores, i. e. cottontrees, Plin. 12, 10, 21, § 38: fertilitas, of insects. id. 11, 24, 28, § 80.—II. Subst.
A. lānĭger, gĕri, m., a ram, Ov. M. 7, 312. —Of a lamb:
timens, Phaedr. 1, 1, 6.—Of the constellation of the Ram, for Aries, Manil. 1, 672; 2, 200 al.—B. lānĭgĕra, ae, f., a lamb, sheep, Sil. 15, 703.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
lāniger gera, gerum, adj.
lana+GES-, woolbearing, fleecy : pecus, Att. ap. C.: greges, V.—As subst m. : effetus, a ram , O.: timens, a lamb , Ph.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂welh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂
- Proto-Italic*wlāna
- Latinlāniger
Latin -ger Latin lāniger From lāna (“wool”) + -ger (“bearing”).