cornifer

Latin

Etymology

From cornū (“horn”) +‎ -fer (“-carrying”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkor.ni.fer/, [ˈkɔrnɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkor.ni.fer/, [ˈkɔrnifer]

Adjective

cornifer (feminine cornifera, neuter corniferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. horned, having horns.

Declension

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

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	cornifer	cornifera	corniferum		corniferī	corniferae	cornifera
genitive	corniferī	corniferae	corniferī		corniferōrum	corniferārum	corniferōrum
dative	corniferō	corniferae	corniferō		corniferīs
accusative	corniferum	corniferam	corniferum		corniferōs	corniferās	cornifera
ablative	corniferō	corniferā	corniferō		corniferīs
vocative	cornifer	cornifera	corniferum		corniferī	corniferae	cornifera

Synonyms

• (horned): corniger, cornūtus

Related terms

• corneolus
• cornēscō
• corneus
• cornicen
• corniculāns
• corniculātus
• corniculum
• corniger
• cornipēs
• cornū
• cornuālis
• cornuārius
• cornuātus
• cornūcōpia
• cornulum
• cornupeta
• cornūtus
• ūnicornis

References

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