"Liger" meaning in Latin

See Liger in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ˈlɪ.ɡɛr] [Classical-Latin], [ˈliː.d͡ʒer] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: Ligeris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Liger [nominative, singular], Ligeris [genitive, singular], Ligerī [dative, singular], Ligerem [accusative, singular], Ligere [ablative, singular], Liger [singular, vocative]
Etymology: Of Celtic/Gaulish origin, probably from Transalpine Gaulish *liga (“silt, sediment”), whence French lie, from Proto-Celtic *legyā, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie, lay”). Etymology templates: {{der|la|cel|-}} Celtic, {{der|la|cel-gau|-}} Gaulish, {{der|la|xtg||*liga|silt, sediment}} Transalpine Gaulish *liga (“silt, sediment”), {{cog|fr|lie}} French lie, {{der|la|cel-pro|*legyā}} Proto-Celtic *legyā, {{der|la|ine-pro|*legʰ-||to lie, lay}} Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie, lay”) Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Liger/Liger<3>|g=m}} Liger m sg (genitive Ligeris); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Liger/Liger<3>}}
  1. a major river in modern France; modern Loire Tags: declension-3, masculine, singular Categories (place): Places in France, Rivers in France Derived forms: Ligericus

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Breton",
      "lang_code": "br",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Liger"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Franco-Provençal",
      "lang_code": "frp",
      "word": "Lêre"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "lang_code": "ca",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "Loira"
        },
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "Loire"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "Loara"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "Loira"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "Loire"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "Léger"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "Lígiras",
      "word": "Λίγηρας"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "cel",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Celtic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "cel-gau",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Gaulish",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "xtg",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*liga",
        "5": "silt, sediment"
      },
      "expansion": "Transalpine Gaulish *liga (“silt, sediment”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "lie"
      },
      "expansion": "French lie",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*legyā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *legyā",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*legʰ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to lie, lay"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie, lay”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of Celtic/Gaulish origin, probably from Transalpine Gaulish *liga (“silt, sediment”), whence French lie, from Proto-Celtic *legyā, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie, lay”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Ligeris",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Liger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ligeris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ligerī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ligerem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ligere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Liger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Liger/Liger<3>",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Liger m sg (genitive Ligeris); third declension",
      "name": "la-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Liger/Liger<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Places in France",
          "orig": "la:Places in France",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Rivers in France",
          "orig": "la:Rivers in France",
          "parents": [
            "Rivers",
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Ligericus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a major river in modern France; modern Loire"
      ],
      "id": "en-Liger-la-name-kpr0OGj-",
      "links": [
        [
          "river",
          "river"
        ],
        [
          "France",
          "France#English"
        ],
        [
          "Loire",
          "Loire#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈlɪ.ɡɛr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈliː.d͡ʒer]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Liger"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Ligericus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Breton",
      "lang_code": "br",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Liger"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Franco-Provençal",
      "lang_code": "frp",
      "word": "Lêre"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "lang_code": "ca",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "Loira"
        },
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "Loire"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "Loara"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "Loira"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "Loire"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "Léger"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "Lígiras",
      "word": "Λίγηρας"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "cel",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Celtic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "cel-gau",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Gaulish",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "xtg",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*liga",
        "5": "silt, sediment"
      },
      "expansion": "Transalpine Gaulish *liga (“silt, sediment”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "lie"
      },
      "expansion": "French lie",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*legyā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *legyā",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*legʰ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to lie, lay"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie, lay”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of Celtic/Gaulish origin, probably from Transalpine Gaulish *liga (“silt, sediment”), whence French lie, from Proto-Celtic *legyā, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie, lay”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Ligeris",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Liger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ligeris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ligerī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ligerem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ligere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Liger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Liger/Liger<3>",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Liger m sg (genitive Ligeris); third declension",
      "name": "la-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Liger/Liger<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin masculine nouns",
        "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
        "Latin proper nouns",
        "Latin terms derived from Celtic languages",
        "Latin terms derived from Gaulish",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms derived from Transalpine Gaulish",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin third declension nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "la:Places in France",
        "la:Rivers in France"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a major river in modern France; modern Loire"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "river",
          "river"
        ],
        [
          "France",
          "France#English"
        ],
        [
          "Loire",
          "Loire#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈlɪ.ɡɛr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈliː.d͡ʒer]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Liger"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Liger meaning in Latin (3.5kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Latin dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (d1270d2 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.