plagiger

Latin

Etymology

plāga (“stroke, blow, cut”) +‎ -ger (“bearing”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈplaː.ɡi.ɡer/, [ˈpɫ̪äːɡɪɡɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.d͡ʒi.d͡ʒer/, [ˈpläːd͡ʒid͡ʒer]

Adjective

plāgiger (feminine plāgigera, neuter plāgigerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. (archaic, hapax, humorous, Plautinian) stripe-bearing, born to be flogged

Declension

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

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	plāgiger	plāgigera	plāgigerum		plāgigerī	plāgigerae	plāgigera
Genitive	plāgigerī	plāgigerae	plāgigerī		plāgigerōrum	plāgigerārum	plāgigerōrum
Dative	plāgigerō		plāgigerō		plāgigerīs
Accusative	plāgigerum	plāgigeram	plāgigerum		plāgigerōs	plāgigerās	plāgigera
Ablative	plāgigerō	plāgigerā	plāgigerō		plāgigerīs
Vocative	plāgiger	plāgigera	plāgigerum		plāgigerī	plāgigerae	plāgigera

Derived terms

• plāgigerulus

References

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