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
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..."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..."
