adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
līniger
līniger (feminine līnigera, neuter līnigerum)
Classical[ˈliː.nɪ.ɡɛr]Ecclesiastical[ˈliː.ni.d͡ʒer]
Meaning
- adjectivewearing linen, clothed in linen.
12 CE – 13 CE, Ovidius, Epistulae ex Ponto 1.1.51
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | in -er līniger | līnigera | līnigerum |
| genitive | līnigerī | līnigerae | līnigerī |
| dative | līnigerō | līnigerae | līnigerō |
| accusative | līnigerum | līnigeram | līnigerum |
| ablative | līnigerō | līnigerā | līnigerō |
| vocative | līniger | līnigera | līnigerum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | līnigerī | līnigerae | līnigera |
| genitive | līnigerōrum | līnigerārum | līnigerōrum |
| dative | līnigerīs | līnigerīs | līnigerīs |
| accusative | līnigerōs | līnigerās | līnigera |
| ablative | līnigerīs | līnigerīs | līnigerīs |
| vocative | līnigerī | līnigerae | līnigera |
līnĭger, gĕra, gĕrum, adj. linum gero,
I. linen-wearing, clothed in linen; of Isis and her priests:
turba, Ov. M. 1, 747: neu fuge linigerae Memphitica templa juvencae, id. A. A. 1, 77: grege linigero circumdatus, Juv. 6, 532.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
līniger gera, gerum, adj.
linum+GES-, clothed in linen : turba, O.: grex, Iu.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *līnomder. Proto-Italic *līnom Latin līnum Latin -ger Latin līniger From līnum (“flax, linen”) + -ger (“bearing”).