LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

mastigophorus

mastigophorus (feminine mastigophora, neuter mastigophorum)
Ecclesiastical[mas.tiˈɡɔː.fo.rus]

Meaning

  1. New Latinadjectivewhip-bearing

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativemastigophorusmastigophoramastigophorum
genitivemastigophorīmastigophoraemastigophorī
dativemastigophorōmastigophoraemastigophorō
accusativemastigophorummastigophorammastigophorum
ablativemastigophorōmastigophorāmastigophorō
vocativemastigophoremastigophoramastigophorum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativemastigophorīmastigophoraemastigophora
genitivemastigophorōrummastigophorārummastigophorōrum
dativemastigophorīsmastigophorīsmastigophorīs
accusativemastigophorōsmastigophorāsmastigophora
ablativemastigophorīsmastigophorīsmastigophorīs
vocativemastigophorīmastigophoraemastigophora

mastīgŏphŏrus, i, m., = μαστιγοφόρος,
I. a whip-bearer, i. e. a beadle, policeman, an officer whose duty it was to maintain order at the public shows (post-class.), Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 516; Dig. 50, 4, 18, § 17; Arn. 2, 23.

Origins

From Ancient Greek μαστιγοφόρος (mastigophóros, “scourge-bearing”), from μάστιξ (mástix, “whip, scourge”) + -φόρος (-phóros, “carrying, bearing”).

Descendants
  • Translingualmastigophorus
  • TranslingualMastigophora

Quick answers

What does mastigophorus mean in Latin?
mastigophorus, a adjective, means “whip-bearing”.