tigris

From Latin tigris, from Ancient Greek τίγρις (tígris, “tiger”), probably of Iranian origin.

• IPA^(key): [ˈtiɡriʃ]
• Hyphenation: tig‧ris

tigris

tigris (plural tigrisek)

1. tiger (mammal)

• bengáli tigris
• szibériai tigris
• tigriscápa

From Ancient Greek τίγρις (tígris, “tiger”), probably of Iranian origin.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ɡris/, [ˈtɪ.ɡrɪs]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtiː.ɡris/, [ˈtiː.ɡrɪs]

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tigris m (genitive tigris or tigridis); third declension
tīgris m (genitive tīgris or tīgridis); third declension

1. tiger
2. (poetic) tigress
3. a tiger skin

The declension of this noun is varied. When declined like a parisyllabic i-stem, the accusative singular may be tigrem and the ablative singular may be tigrī.

Third declension, alternative accusative singular in -im, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.

Third declension, alternative accusative singular in -im, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.

Third declension.

Third declension.

• Tīgris

• tigris in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tigris in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tigris in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• tigris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• tigris in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• tigris in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tigris in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly