barbiger

Latin

Etymology

barba (“beard”) +‎ -ger (“bearing”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbar.bi.ɡer/, [ˈbärbɪɡɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbar.bi.d͡ʒer/, [ˈbärbid͡ʒer]

Adjective

barbiger (feminine barbigera, neuter barbigerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. wearing a beard, bearded
   1. of goats
      • (Can we find and add a quotation of Lucretius to this entry?)

Declension

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

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	barbiger	barbigera	barbigerum		barbigerī	barbigerae	barbigera
Genitive	barbigerī	barbigerae	barbigerī		barbigerōrum	barbigerārum	barbigerōrum
Dative	barbigerō		barbigerō		barbigerīs
Accusative	barbigerum	barbigeram	barbigerum		barbigerōs	barbigerās	barbigera
Ablative	barbigerō	barbigerā	barbigerō		barbigerīs
Vocative	barbiger	barbigera	barbigerum		barbigerī	barbigerae	barbigera

Related terms

• barbigena

References

• “barbĭger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• barbiger in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• barbĭgĕr in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 208/1.
• “barbiger” on page 225/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)