contiger

Latin

Etymology

contus (“long pole, pike”) +‎ -ger (“bearing”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔn.tɪ.ɡɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔn̪.t̪i.d͡ʒer]

Adjective

contiger (feminine contigera, neuter contigerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. spear-bearing

Declension

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

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	contiger	contigera	contigerum		contigerī	contigerae	contigera
genitive	contigerī	contigerae	contigerī		contigerōrum	contigerārum	contigerōrum
dative	contigerō	contigerae	contigerō		contigerīs
accusative	contigerum	contigeram	contigerum		contigerōs	contigerās	contigera
ablative	contigerō	contigerā	contigerō		contigerīs
vocative	contiger	contigera	contigerum		contigerī	contigerae	contigera

Noun

contiger m (genitive contigerī); second declension

1. a spear-bearer, a lancer

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

	singular	plural
nominative	contiger	contigerī
genitive	contigerī	contigerōrum
dative	contigerō	contigerīs
accusative	contigerum	contigerōs
ablative	contigerō	contigerīs
vocative	contiger	contigerī

References

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