arcifer

Latin

Etymology

From arcus (“bow”) +‎ -fer (“-bearing”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ki.fer/, [ˈärkɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.t͡ʃi.fer/, [ˈärt͡ʃifer]

Adjective

arcifer (feminine arcifera, neuter arciferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. (poetic) bow-bearing

   Synonym: arcitenēns

Declension

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

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	arcifer	arcifera	arciferum		arciferī	arciferae	arcifera
genitive	arciferī	arciferae	arciferī		arciferōrum	arciferārum	arciferōrum
dative	arciferō	arciferae	arciferō		arciferīs
accusative	arciferum	arciferam	arciferum		arciferōs	arciferās	arcifera
ablative	arciferō	arciferā	arciferō		arciferīs
vocative	arcifer	arcifera	arciferum		arciferī	arciferae	arcifera

References

• “arcifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• arcifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.