ensifer

See also: Ensifer

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēnsifer (“sword-bearing”).

Noun

ensifer (uncountable)

  1. (microbiology) A member of the genus Ensifer, of the bacteria family Rhizobiaceae.

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ēnsis (“sword”) +‎ -fer (“-carrying”). Compare Ancient Greek ξιφήρης (xiphḗrēs).

Orion depicted as an ensifer (sword-bearer), Uranometria, 1603

Pronunciation

Adjective

ēnsifer (feminine ēnsifera, neuter ēnsiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. with a sword, wearing a sword, sword-bearing (especially as an epithet of Orion)
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.388:
      ēnsifer Ōrīōn aequore mersus erit
      sword-bearing Orion will be plunged into the sea
      (The apparent setting of Orion (constellation) beneath an ocean horizon.)
    • 1835. M. Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia (ed. Carolus Hermannus Weise) book 1, line 663 (3.61):
      Ēnsiferī nimium fulget lātus Orionis?
      Does the sword-bearing side of Orion gleam too much?

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ēnsifer ēnsifera ēnsiferum ēnsiferī ēnsiferae ēnsifera
Genitive ēnsiferī ēnsiferae ēnsiferī ēnsiferōrum ēnsiferārum ēnsiferōrum
Dative ēnsiferō ēnsiferō ēnsiferīs
Accusative ēnsiferum ēnsiferam ēnsiferum ēnsiferōs ēnsiferās ēnsifera
Ablative ēnsiferō ēnsiferā ēnsiferō ēnsiferīs
Vocative ēnsifer ēnsifera ēnsiferum ēnsiferī ēnsiferae ēnsifera

Noun

ēnsifer m (genitive ēnsiferī); second declension

  1. sword-bearer

Declension

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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ēnsifer ēnsiferī
Genitive ēnsiferī ēnsiferōrum
Dative ēnsiferō ēnsiferīs
Accusative ēnsiferum ēnsiferōs
Ablative ēnsiferō ēnsiferīs
Vocative ēnsifer ēnsiferī

References
  • “ensĭfer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ENSIFERI in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • (-ger) ensĭfĕr (-ger) in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 590/3.
  • M. Annaeus Lucanus (1835) Pharsalia (poem).
  • “ensifer” on page 609/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “ensifer”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 375/1
  • Glossary of Latin Words, Bible History Online. (File retrieved 10-19-07)
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