contiger

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.ti.ɡer/, [ˈkɔn̪t̪ɪɡɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.ti.d͡ʒer/, [ˈkɔn̪t̪id͡ʒer]

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).

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	contiger	contigera	contigerum		contigerī	contigerae	contigera
Genitive	contigerī	contigerae	contigerī		contigerōrum	contigerārum	contigerōrum
Dative	contigerō		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).

Case	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.