aquilifer

Latin

Etymology

aquila +‎ -fer

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈkʷi.li.fer/, [äˈkʷɪlʲɪfɛr]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈkwi.li.fer/, [äˈkwiːlifer]

Noun

aquilifer m (genitive aquiliferī); second declension

standard-bearer (officer who carried the eagle standard of a legion)

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aquilifer	aquiliferī
Genitive	aquiliferī	aquiliferōrum
Dative	aquiliferō	aquiliferīs
Accusative	aquiliferum	aquiliferōs
Ablative	aquiliferō	aquiliferīs
Vocative	aquilifer	aquiliferī

References

“aquilifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“aquilifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
aquilifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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