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) IPA(key): /ˈweː.li.ɡer/, [ˈweː.lɪ.ɡɛr]

Adjective

vēliger (feminine vēligera, neuter vēligerum); first/second declension

  1. sail-bearing, covered with sails

Declension

First/second declension, 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 vēligerīs vēligerīs
Accusative vēligerum vēligeram vēligerum vēligerōs vēligerās vēligera
Ablative vēligerō vēligerā vēligerō vēligerīs vēligerīs 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
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