tigrifer

Latin

Etymology

From tigris (“tiger”) +‎ -fer (“carrying”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtɪ.ɡrɪ.fɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtiː.ɡri.fer]

Adjective

tigrifer (feminine tigrifera, neuter tigriferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. bearing tigers

Declension

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

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tigrifer	tigrifera	tigriferum		tigriferī	tigriferae	tigrifera
genitive	tigriferī	tigriferae	tigriferī		tigriferōrum	tigriferārum	tigriferōrum
dative	tigriferō	tigriferae	tigriferō		tigriferīs
accusative	tigriferum	tigriferam	tigriferum		tigriferōs	tigriferās	tigrifera
ablative	tigriferō	tigriferā	tigriferō		tigriferīs
vocative	tigrifer	tigrifera	tigriferum		tigriferī	tigriferae	tigrifera

References

• “tigrifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tigrifer”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.