adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
turriger
turriger (feminine turrigera, neuter turrigerum)
Classical[ˈtʊr.rɪ.ɡɛr]Ecclesiastical[ˈtur.ri.d͡ʒer]
Meaning
- adjectivepoetichaving turrets, turreted, turret-crowned (an epithet of Cybele, an Earth goddess)
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | in -er turriger | turrigera | turrigerum |
| genitive | turrigerī | turrigerae | turrigerī |
| dative | turrigerō | turrigerae | turrigerō |
| accusative | turrigerum | turrigeram | turrigerum |
| ablative | turrigerō | turrigerā | turrigerō |
| vocative | turriger | turrigera | turrigerum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | turrigerī | turrigerae | turrigera |
| genitive | turrigerōrum | turrigerārum | turrigerōrum |
| dative | turrigerīs | turrigerīs | turrigerīs |
| accusative | turrigerōs | turrigerās | turrigera |
| ablative | turrigerīs | turrigerīs | turrigerīs |
| vocative | turrigerī | turrigerae | turrigera |
turrĭger, gĕra. gĕrum. adj. turris-gero,
I. turret-bearing, turreted.
I. In gen. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
umeri elephantorum, Plin. 11, 2, 1, § 4: ferae moles, Sil. 9, 560: urbes, Verg. A. 10, 253: ripae, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 229: Antemnae, Verg. A. 7, 631: carinae, Luc. 3, 514; 4, 226.—Of a city: patriae imago turrigero canos effundens vertice crines, Luc. 1, 188.—II. Tur-rĭgĕra, ae, adj. f., turret - crowned, turreled, an epithet of Cybele, who was represented with a crown of turrets (personifying the earth and its cities):
Cybele, Ov. F. 6, 321: dea, id. ib. 4, 224: Ops, id. Tr. 2, 24.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
turriger gera, gerum, adj.
turris+GES-, turret-bearing, turreted : urbes, V.—As an epithet of Cybele, turret-crowned, turreted, wearing a crown of turrets (representing the earth with its cities): dea, O.: Turrigerā frontem Cybele redimita coronā, O.
Origins
Ancient Greek τύρσις (túrsis)bor. Latin turris Latin -ger Latin turriger From turris (“tower”) + -ger (“bearing”).