letifer

Latin

Etymology

From lētum (“killing”) +‎ -fer (“carrying”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

lētifer (feminine lētifera, neuter lētiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. deadly, fatal
  2. death-dealing

Declension

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

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative lētifer lētifera lētiferum lētiferī lētiferae lētifera
Genitive lētiferī lētiferae lētiferī lētiferōrum lētiferārum lētiferōrum
Dative lētiferō lētiferō lētiferīs
Accusative lētiferum lētiferam lētiferum lētiferōs lētiferās lētifera
Ablative lētiferō lētiferā lētiferō lētiferīs
Vocative lētifer lētifera lētiferum lētiferī lētiferae lētifera

Descendants
  • → English: lethiferous

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin letifer.

Adjective

letifer m or n (feminine singular letiferă, masculine plural letiferi, feminine and neuter plural letifere)

  1. (dated) lethal

Declension
Declension of letifer
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite letifer letiferă letiferi letifere
definite letiferul letifera letiferii letiferele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite letifer letifere letiferi letifere
definite letiferului letiferei letiferilor letiferelor
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