morigerus

Latin

Etymology

From mōs +‎ -i- +‎ gerō +‎ -us; see mōrem gerō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [moːˈrɪ.ɡɛ.rʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [moˈriː.d͡ʒe.rus]

Adjective

mōrigerus (feminine mōrigera, neuter mōrigerum); first/second-declension adjective

1. compliant, obsequious, obedient

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mōrigerus	mōrigera	mōrigerum		mōrigerī	mōrigerae	mōrigera
genitive	mōrigerī	mōrigerae	mōrigerī		mōrigerōrum	mōrigerārum	mōrigerōrum
dative	mōrigerō	mōrigerae	mōrigerō		mōrigerīs
accusative	mōrigerum	mōrigeram	mōrigerum		mōrigerōs	mōrigerās	mōrigera
ablative	mōrigerō	mōrigerā	mōrigerō		mōrigerīs
vocative	mōrigere	mōrigera	mōrigerum		mōrigerī	mōrigerae	mōrigera

Derived terms

• mōrigeror

Descendants

• Portuguese: morígero

References

• “morigerus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “morigerus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “morigerus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.