aestifer
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From aestus (“heat”) + -fer (“-carrying”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈae̯s.ti.fer/, [ˈäe̯s̠t̪ɪfɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈes.ti.fer/, [ˈɛst̪ifer]
Adjective
[edit]aestifer (feminine aestifera, neuter aestiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
- (active voice) bringing, causing, or producing heat
- (passive voice) heated, sultry, hot
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | aestifer | aestifera | aestiferum | aestiferī | aestiferae | aestifera | |
| genitive | aestiferī | aestiferae | aestiferī | aestiferōrum | aestiferārum | aestiferōrum | |
| dative | aestiferō | aestiferae | aestiferō | aestiferīs | |||
| accusative | aestiferum | aestiferam | aestiferum | aestiferōs | aestiferās | aestifera | |
| ablative | aestiferō | aestiferā | aestiferō | aestiferīs | |||
| vocative | aestifer | aestifera | aestiferum | aestiferī | aestiferae | aestifera | |
References
[edit]- “aestifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- aestifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.