corniger, cornigera, cornigerum:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 2nd · comparison: positive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
horn-bearing, horned; having horns/antlers; [Jupiter Coniger => Ammon];
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | corniger | cornigeri |
| Gen. | cornigeri | cornigerorum |
| Dat. | cornigero | — |
| Acc. | cornigerum | cornigeros |
| Voc. | corniger | cornigeri |
| Abl. | cornigero | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | cornigera | cornigerae |
| Gen. | cornigerae | cornigerarum |
| Dat. | cornigerae | — |
| Acc. | cornigeram | cornigeras |
| Voc. | cornigera | cornigerae |
| Abl. | cornigera | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | cornigerum | cornigera |
| Gen. | cornigeri | cornigerorum |
| Dat. | cornigero | — |
| Acc. | cornigerum | cornigera |
| Voc. | cornigerum | cornigera |
| Abl. | cornigero | — |
Examples
- M
Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...populos et dignas funere Magniexequias Fortuna dedit. non corniger Hammonmittere Marmaricas cessauit in arma cateruas,quidquid ab occiduis..." - L
Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...licuit ultra fugere: nam toto obuius incurrit ore corniger ponti horridus. tum uero pauida sonipedes mente exciti imperia..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...Sancte, tuas hircus, pecoris pater; ibit ad aras corniger et querulae fetus suis, hostia lactens. Spumabit pateris hornus..." - M
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...apud Ovidium: "sed grave Nereidum numen, sed corniger Ammon, sed quae visceribus veniebat belua ponti exsaturanda meis". XLIX..." 
Liber Secundus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...amplexus inter planctusque parentum deditur. hoc sortes, hoc corniger imperat Hammon virgineam damnare animam sortitaque Lethen corpora. crudelis..."
Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...ales Maenalius, tremit ecce solum et mugire refractis corniger Hebrus aquis; tunc quod pecus utile bello uallem infestabat..."Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...tuque o cunctis insuete domari solibus, aeternae largitor corniger undae, laetus eas, quacumque domo gelida ora resoluis inmortale..."- P
Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...pulcherrimus exis, semper honore meo, semper celebrabere donis corniger Hesperidum fluvius regnator aquarum. adsis o tantum et propius..."