coniger

== Latin == === Etymology === From cōnus (“cone”) + -ger (“bearing”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkoː.nɪ.ɡɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔː.ni.d͡ʒer] === Adjective === cōniger (feminine cōnigera, neuter cōnigerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er) (hapax legomenon) having conical fruit, coniferous Synonym: cōnifer ==== Usage notes ==== Attested once in the Classical period (see quotations above). ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er). === References === “coniger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “coniger”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “coniger”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.