Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]aurum (“gold”) + -ger (“bearing”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈau̯.rɪ.ɡɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaːu̯.ri.d͡ʒer]
Adjective
[edit]auriger (feminine aurigera, neuter aurigerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | auriger | aurigera | aurigerum | aurigerī | aurigerae | aurigera |
| genitive | aurigerī | aurigerae | aurigerī | aurigerōrum | aurigerārum | aurigerōrum |
| dative | aurigerō | aurigerae | aurigerō | aurigerīs | ||
| accusative | aurigerum | aurigeram | aurigerum | aurigerōs | aurigerās | aurigera |
| ablative | aurigerō | aurigerā | aurigerō | aurigerīs | ||
| vocative | auriger | aurigera | aurigerum | aurigerī | aurigerae | aurigera |
Synonyms
[edit]- (bearing gold): aurifer
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “auriger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “auriger”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “auriger”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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