armigeros
Dictionary entries
- Entry →armiger, armigera, armigerum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
bearing arms, armed; warlike, martial, of war/fighting; producing armed men;
acc. pl. (m.) - Entry →armiger, armigeri:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
armor bearer; squire; [Iovis armiger => Jupiter's armor-bearer = the eagle];
acc. pl.
Examples
Casina
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quos pariat Potius quam illi seruo nequam des armigero [nisi] atque improbo, Quoi homini hodie peculi nummus..."Satura I
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...luditur arca. proelia quanta illic dispensatore uidebis armigero! simplexne furor sestertia centum perdere et horrenti tunicam non reddere..."
Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...atra ueste genas; iuxtaque comes quo Laius ibat armigero; tunc uirgo senem regina ueretur. quae sic orsa prior..."Liber XXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...confertissimam hostium turbam impetum facit obtruncatoque prius armigero, qui se infesto uenienti obuiam obiecerat, consulem lancea transfixit; spoliare..."
