LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

nemorivagus

nemorivagus (feminine nemorivaga, neuter nemorivagum)
Classical[nɛ.mɔˈrɪ.wa.ɡʊs]Ecclesiastical[ne.moˈriː.va.ɡus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivewandering in the woods
    Ego vīta agam sub altīs Phrygiae columinibus ubi cerva silvicultrīx, ubi aper nemorivagus?I shall spend my life under the high summits of Phrygia where the forest-dwelling stag and the woodland-wandering wild boar are? Now, now hurts what I've done, now and now I regret.c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 63.71–73

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativenemorivagusnemorivaganemorivagum
genitivenemorivagīnemorivagaenemorivagī
dativenemorivagōnemorivagaenemorivagō
accusativenemorivagumnemorivagamnemorivagum
ablativenemorivagōnemorivagānemorivagō
vocativenemorivagenemorivaganemorivagum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativenemorivagīnemorivagaenemorivaga
genitivenemorivagōrumnemorivagārumnemorivagōrum
dativenemorivagīsnemorivagīsnemorivagīs
accusativenemorivagōsnemorivagāsnemorivaga
ablativenemorivagīsnemorivagīsnemorivagīs
vocativenemorivagīnemorivagaenemorivaga

nĕmŏrĭvăgus, a, um, adj. nemusvagus,
I. that wanders in the woods: aper, Cat. 63, 72.

Origins

From nemus (“grove; wood”) + vagus (“wandering”).

Quick answers

What does nemorivagus mean in Latin?
nemorivagus, a adjective, means “wandering in the woods”.
How do you pronounce nemorivagus?
In classical Latin, [nɛ.mɔˈrɪ.wa.ɡʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ne.moˈriː.va.ɡus].