buxifer

Latin

Etymology

From buxus (“box tree”) +‎ -fer (“carrying”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbuk.si.fer/, [ˈbʊks̠ɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbuk.si.fer/, [ˈbuksifer]

Adjective

buxifer (feminine buxifera, neuter buxiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. bearing box trees or boxwood

Declension

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

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	buxifer	buxifera	buxiferum		buxiferī	buxiferae	buxifera
genitive	buxiferī	buxiferae	buxiferī		buxiferōrum	buxiferārum	buxiferōrum
dative	buxiferō	buxiferae	buxiferō		buxiferīs
accusative	buxiferum	buxiferam	buxiferum		buxiferōs	buxiferās	buxifera
ablative	buxiferō	buxiferā	buxiferō		buxiferīs
vocative	buxifer	buxifera	buxiferum		buxiferī	buxiferae	buxifera

Related terms

• buxus

References

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