tiger
tiger
subs.
P. τίγρις, ἡ (Aristotle).
subs.
P. τίγρις, ἡ (Aristotle).
TIGER
tigris -is or -idis masculine or feminine (of the male; of the female [tigress] only feminine): *felis tigris (Linn.). Of or like a tiger tigrinus: spotted like a tiger *maculis tigrinis varius sparsus.
tigris -is or -idis masculine or feminine (of the male; of the female [tigress] only feminine): *felis tigris (Linn.). Of or like a tiger tigrinus: spotted like a tiger *maculis tigrinis varius sparsus.
tiger, tigress: tigris, is or ĭdis, comm. (in prose, masc.: in poet. usu. fem.: cf. L. G. § 141, 2, Obs.): Plin.: Virg.: Hor.: marked like a t., tigrīnus, Plin. 13, 15, 30: t.-rearing, tigrĭfer, Sid.: a t.-skin, tigris (discolor), Stat. Th. 9, 686.
tiger
Tiger
- described by Ctesias: Paus. 9.21.4ff.
- called martichorasby Indians: Paus. 9.21.4