salutiger

Latin

Etymology

salūs (“health, well-being”) +‎ -ger (“bearing”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /saˈluː.ti.ɡer/, [s̠äˈɫ̪uːt̪ɪɡɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /saˈlu.ti.d͡ʒer/, [säˈluːt̪id͡ʒer]

Adjective

salūtiger (feminine salūtigera, neuter salūtigerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. health-bringing
2. bringing greeting, salutatory

Declension

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

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	salūtiger	salūtigera	salūtigerum		salūtigerī	salūtigerae	salūtigera
Genitive	salūtigerī	salūtigerae	salūtigerī		salūtigerōrum	salūtigerārum	salūtigerōrum
Dative	salūtigerō		salūtigerō		salūtigerīs
Accusative	salūtigerum	salūtigeram	salūtigerum		salūtigerōs	salūtigerās	salūtigera
Ablative	salūtigerō	salūtigerā	salūtigerō		salūtigerīs
Vocative	salūtiger	salūtigera	salūtigerum		salūtigerī	salūtigerae	salūtigera

Noun

salūtiger m (genitive salūtigerī); second declension

1. one who delivers a greeting; a messenger, servant

Declension

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	salūtiger	salūtigerī
Genitive	salūtigerī	salūtigerōrum
Dative	salūtigerō	salūtigerīs
Accusative	salūtigerum	salūtigerōs
Ablative	salūtigerō	salūtigerīs
Vocative	salūtiger	salūtigerī

Derived terms

• salūtigerulus

References

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