caducifer

Latin

Etymology

cādūceum (“caduceus”) +‎ -fer

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaːˈduː.ki.fer/, [käːˈd̪uːkɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈdu.t͡ʃi.fer/, [käˈd̪uːt͡ʃifer]

Adjective

cādūcifer (feminine cādūcifera, neuter cādūciferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. bearing a herald's staff
2. an epithet for Mercury

Declension

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

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	cādūcifer	cādūcifera	cādūciferum		cādūciferī	cādūciferae	cādūcifera
genitive	cādūciferī	cādūciferae	cādūciferī		cādūciferōrum	cādūciferārum	cādūciferōrum
dative	cādūciferō	cādūciferae	cādūciferō		cādūciferīs
accusative	cādūciferum	cādūciferam	cādūciferum		cādūciferōs	cādūciferās	cādūcifera
ablative	cādūciferō	cādūciferā	cādūciferō		cādūciferīs
vocative	cādūcifer	cādūcifera	cādūciferum		cādūciferī	cādūciferae	cādūcifera

References

• “caducifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “caducifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caducifer.

Adjective

caducifer m or n (feminine singular caduciferă, masculine plural caduciferi, feminine and neuter plural caducifere)

1. bearing a herald's staff

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	caducifer		caduciferă		caduciferi	caducifere
	definite	caduciferul		caducifera		caduciferii	caduciferele
genitive- dative	indefinite	caducifer		caducifere		caduciferi	caducifere
	definite	caduciferului		caduciferei		caduciferilor	caduciferelor

References

• caducifer in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN