adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
mōrigerus
mōrigerus (feminine mōrigera, neuter mōrigerum)
Classical[moːˈrɪ.ɡɛ.rʊs]Ecclesiastical[moˈriː.d͡ʒe.rus]
Meaning
- adjectivecompliant, obsequious, obedient
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
oboediēns, facilismōrigerus -a -um — in IVLIANVS III: Persia, ch. 8
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mōrigerus | mōrigera | mōrigerum |
| genitive | mōrigerī | mōrigerae | mōrigerī |
| dative | mōrigerō | mōrigerae | mōrigerō |
| accusative | mōrigerum | mōrigeram | mōrigerum |
| ablative | mōrigerō | mōrigerā | mōrigerō |
| vocative | mōrigere | mōrigera | mōrigerum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mōrigerī | mōrigerae | mōrigera |
| genitive | mōrigerōrum | mōrigerārum | mōrigerōrum |
| dative | mōrigerīs | mōrigerīs | mōrigerīs |
| accusative | mōrigerōs | mōrigerās | mōrigera |
| ablative | mōrigerīs | mōrigerīs | mōrigerīs |
| vocative | mōrigerī | mōrigerae | mōrigera |
mōrĭgĕrus, a, um, adj. mos-gero,
I. complying, obsequious, obedient (ante- and post-class.):
meo me aequom est morigerum patri, Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 21: male morigerus mihi est danista, id. Ep. 5, 1, 1: quando una vivis meis morigera moribus, id. Men. 1, 3, 19: dum me morigeram praebeo, Afran. ap. Non. 433, 29: imago ad omnem nutum hominis sui morigera, App. Mag. 14, p. 282, 26; id. M. 2, p. 117, 1 al.—Esp., compliant, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 20; cf. Lucr. 4, 1281.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
mōrigerus adj.
mos + GES-, compliant, yielding, accommodating, obliging : tibi, T.
Origins
From mōs (oblique stem mōr-) + -i- + gerō + -us; see mōrem gerō.
Descendants
- Italianmorigero
- Portuguesemorígero