pistriger

Latin

Etymology

pistris (“any sea-monster; a whale, shark, sawfish”) +‎ -ger (“bearing”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpis.tri.ɡer/, [ˈpɪs̠t̪rɪɡɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpis.tri.d͡ʒer/, [ˈpist̪rid͡ʒer]

Adjective

pistriger (feminine pistrigera, neuter pistrigerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. whale-bearing; carrying a whale's body, ending in a whale's tail

Declension

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

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	pistriger	pistrigera	pistrigerum		pistrigerī	pistrigerae	pistrigera
Genitive	pistrigerī	pistrigerae	pistrigerī		pistrigerōrum	pistrigerārum	pistrigerōrum
Dative	pistrigerō		pistrigerō		pistrigerīs
Accusative	pistrigerum	pistrigeram	pistrigerum		pistrigerōs	pistrigerās	pistrigera
Ablative	pistrigerō	pistrigerā	pistrigerō		pistrigerīs
Vocative	pistriger	pistrigera	pistrigerum		pistrigerī	pistrigerae	pistrigera

References

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