cupressifer

Latin

Etymology

From cupressus (“cypress tree”) +‎ -fer (“-carrying”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kuˈpres.si.fer/, [kʊˈprɛs̠ːɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kuˈpres.si.fer/, [kuˈprɛsːifer]

Adjective

cupressifer (feminine cupressifera, neuter cupressiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. cypress-bearing

Declension

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

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	cupressifer	cupressifera	cupressiferum		cupressiferī	cupressiferae	cupressifera
genitive	cupressiferī	cupressiferae	cupressiferī		cupressiferōrum	cupressiferārum	cupressiferōrum
dative	cupressiferō	cupressiferae	cupressiferō		cupressiferīs
accusative	cupressiferum	cupressiferam	cupressiferum		cupressiferōs	cupressiferās	cupressifera
ablative	cupressiferō	cupressiferā	cupressiferō		cupressiferīs
vocative	cupressifer	cupressifera	cupressiferum		cupressiferī	cupressiferae	cupressifera

Related terms

• cupressētum
• cupresseus

References

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