squamiger

Latin

Etymology

squāma (“scale”) +‎ -ger (“bearing”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈskʷaː.mɪ.ɡɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈskʷaː.mi.d͡ʒer]

Adjective

squāmiger (feminine squāmigera, neuter squāmigerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. (poetic) scale-bearing, scaly, squamigerous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	squāmiger	squāmigera	squāmigerum		squāmigerī	squāmigerae	squāmigera
genitive	squāmigerī	squāmigerae	squāmigerī		squāmigerōrum	squāmigerārum	squāmigerōrum
dative	squāmigerō	squāmigerae	squāmigerō		squāmigerīs
accusative	squāmigerum	squāmigeram	squāmigerum		squāmigerōs	squāmigerās	squāmigera
ablative	squāmigerō	squāmigerā	squāmigerō		squāmigerīs
vocative	squāmiger	squāmigera	squāmigerum		squāmigerī	squāmigerae	squāmigera

Derived terms

• squāmigerī

References

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