aquilifer

Latin

Etymology

aquila +‎ -fer

Pronunciation

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

Noun

aquilifer m (genitive aquiliferī); second declension

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

Declension

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

	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.