tigrinus

Latin

Etymology

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Latin tigris

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Latin tigrīnus

From tigris (“tiger”) + -īnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [tɪˈɡriː.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [tiˈɡriː.nus]

Adjective

tigrīnus (feminine tigrīna, neuter tigrīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or relating to tigers
2. striped like a tiger

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tigrīnus	tigrīna	tigrīnum		tigrīnī	tigrīnae	tigrīna
genitive	tigrīnī	tigrīnae	tigrīnī		tigrīnōrum	tigrīnārum	tigrīnōrum
dative	tigrīnō	tigrīnae	tigrīnō		tigrīnīs
accusative	tigrīnum	tigrīnam	tigrīnum		tigrīnōs	tigrīnās	tigrīna
ablative	tigrīnō	tigrīnā	tigrīnō		tigrīnīs
vocative	tigrīne	tigrīna	tigrīnum		tigrīnī	tigrīnae	tigrīna

Related terms

• tigrifer
• tigris

Descendants

• English: tigrine

References

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