LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

saetiger

saetiger (feminine saetigera, neuter saetigerum)
Classical[ˈsae̯.tɪ.ɡɛr]Ecclesiastical[ˈsɛː.ti.d͡ʒer]

Meaning

  1. adjectivebristly, bristle-bearing, having coarse hair or bristles, setaceous
  2. adjectivenoun from verbpoetica hog (a pig or boar)
    […], puraque in veste sacerdos saetigeri fetum suis intonsamque bidentem attulit admovitque pecus flagrantibus aris.[…] , in immaculate clothes the priest to the burning altars led the four-legged offerings, the young of a boar and an unshorn lamb.29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 12.169–171

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativein -er
saetiger		saetigera
sētigera		saetigerum
sētigerum
genitivesaetigerī
sētigerī		saetigerae
sētigerae		saetigerī
sētigerī
dativesaetigerō
sētigerō		saetigerae
sētigerae		saetigerō
sētigerō
accusativesaetigerum
sētigerum		saetigeram
sētigeram		saetigerum
sētigerum
ablativesaetigerō
sētigerō		saetigerā
sētigerā		saetigerō
sētigerō
vocativesaetigersaetigera
sētigera		saetigerum
sētigerum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesaetigerī
sētigerī		saetigerae
sētigerae		saetigera
sētigera
genitivesaetigerōrum
sētigerōrum		saetigerārum
sētigerārum		saetigerōrum
sētigerōrum
dativesaetigerīs
sētigerīs		saetigerīs
sētigerīs		saetigerīs
sētigerīs
accusativesaetigerōs
sētigerōs		saetigerās
sētigerās		saetigera
sētigera
ablativesaetigerīs
sētigerīs		saetigerīs
sētigerīs		saetigerīs
sētigerīs
vocativesaetigerī
sētigerī		saetigerae
sētigerae		saetigera
sētigera

saetĭ-ger (sēt-), gĕra, gĕrum, adj. seta-gero,
I. bristle-bearing, having coarse hair or bristles, bristly, setaceous (poet.): sus, Lucr. 5, 969; 6, 974; Verg. A. 12, 170; Ov. M. 10, 549: pecus, id. ib. 14, 289: vestis, of goats' hair, Paul. Nol. Ep. 49, 12.—As subst.: saetĭger, gĕri, m. (sc. ferus), the bristle-bearer, bristler, as a poet. designation of the boar, Ov. M. 8, 376; Mart 13, 93, 1.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*seh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sh₂ey-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*séh₂it-o/eh₂-
  4. Proto-Italic*saitā
  5. Latinsaetiger

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Italic *gezō Latin gerō Latin -ger Latin saetiger From saeta (“bristle”) + -ger (“bearing”).

In English words that came into English from saetiger

  • setigersaetiger

Quick answers

What does saetiger mean in Latin?
saetiger, a adjective, means “bristly, bristle-bearing, having coarse hair or bristles, setaceous; a hog (a pig or boar)”.
How do you pronounce saetiger?
In classical Latin, [ˈsae̯.tɪ.ɡɛr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈsɛː.ti.d͡ʒer].
Where does saetiger come from?
Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- → Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ey- → Proto-Indo-European *séh₂it-o/eh₂- → Proto-Italic *saitā → Latin saetiger.