armigerum
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. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →armigera, armigerae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
armor bearer (F); squire; [Iovis armigera => Jove's armor-bearer = the eagle];
gen. pl. - 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. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
- T
Casina
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...paratas clam uxorem excubias foris. Filius is autem armigerum adlegauit suom, Qui sibi eam uxorem poscat: scit..." 
Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...obstat et infando differt Eteoclea fratri, cuspis in armigerum Phlegyan peccauit. ibi ingens pugna uirum, stricto nam saeuior..."- P
Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...rerum secundarum luxus: spreto Venutio (is fuit maritus) armigerum eius Vellocatum in matrimonium regnumque accepit. concussa statim flagitio..."
