corniger

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

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Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.

Proto-Italic *kornū

Latin cornū

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-ésti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ǵésti

Proto-Italic *gesō

Latin gerō

Latin -ger

Latin corniger

From cornū (“horn”) + -ger (“bearing”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔr.nɪ.ɡɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔr.ni.d͡ʒer]

Adjective

corniger (feminine cornigera, neuter cornigerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. horned, having horns.

Declension

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

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	corniger	cornigera	cornigerum		cornigerī	cornigerae	cornigera
genitive	cornigerī	cornigerae	cornigerī		cornigerōrum	cornigerārum	cornigerōrum
dative	cornigerō	cornigerae	cornigerō		cornigerīs
accusative	cornigerum	cornigeram	cornigerum		cornigerōs	cornigerās	cornigera
ablative	cornigerō	cornigerā	cornigerō		cornigerīs
vocative	corniger	cornigera	cornigerum		cornigerī	cornigerae	cornigera

Synonyms

• (horned): cornifer, cornūtus

Derived terms

• cornigera

Related terms

• corneolus
• cornēscō
• corneus
• cornicen
• corniculāns
• corniculātus
• corniculum
• cornifer
• cornipēs
• cornū
• cornuālis
• cornuārius
• cornuātus
• cornūcōpia
• cornulum
• cornupeta
• cornūtus
• ūnicornis

References

• “corniger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “corniger”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “corniger”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “corniger”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers