veliger

English

Etymology

From Latin vēliger (“sail-bearing”).

Noun

veliger (plural veligers)

1. (zoology) The planktonic larva of many kinds of marine and freshwater gastropod molluscs, as well as most bivalve molluscs.

Latin

Etymology

vēlum (“sail”) +‎ -ger (“bearing”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯eː.li.ɡer/, [ˈu̯eːlʲɪɡɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈve.li.d͡ʒer/, [ˈvɛːlid͡ʒer]

Adjective

vēliger (feminine vēligera, neuter vēligerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. sail-bearing, covered with sails

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	vēliger	vēligera	vēligerum		vēligerī	vēligerae	vēligera
Genitive	vēligerī	vēligerae	vēligerī		vēligerōrum	vēligerārum	vēligerōrum
Dative	vēligerō	vēligerae	vēligerō		vēligerīs
Accusative	vēligerum	vēligeram	vēligerum		vēligerōs	vēligerās	vēligera
Ablative	vēligerō	vēligerā	vēligerō		vēligerīs
Vocative	vēliger	vēligera	vēligerum		vēligerī	vēligerae	vēligera

References

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