anguifer
Latin
Etymology
anguis (“snake”) + -fer. Calque of Ancient Greek ὀφιοῦχος (ophioûkhos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈan.ɡʷi.fer/, [ˈäŋɡʷɪfɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈan.ɡwi.fer/, [ˈäŋɡwifer]
Adjective
anguifer (feminine anguifera, neuter anguiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
- serpent-bearing
Declension
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | anguifer | anguifera | anguiferum | anguiferī | anguiferae | anguifera | |
| Genitive | anguiferī | anguiferae | anguiferī | anguiferōrum | anguiferārum | anguiferōrum | |
| Dative | anguiferō | anguiferō | anguiferīs | ||||
| Accusative | anguiferum | anguiferam | anguiferum | anguiferōs | anguiferās | anguifera | |
| Ablative | anguiferō | anguiferā | anguiferō | anguiferīs | |||
| Vocative | anguifer | anguifera | anguiferum | anguiferī | anguiferae | anguifera | |
Declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | anguifer | anguiferī |
| Genitive | anguiferī | anguiferōrum |
| Dative | anguiferō | anguiferīs |
| Accusative | anguiferum | anguiferōs |
| Ablative | anguiferō | anguiferīs |
| Vocative | anguifer | anguiferī |
References
- “anguifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “anguifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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