falcifer
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]falx (“sickle, scythe”) + -fer (“-bearing”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈfal.ki.fer/, [ˈfäɫ̪kɪfɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfal.t͡ʃi.fer/, [ˈfäl̠ʲt͡ʃifer]
Adjective
[edit]falcifer (feminine falcifera, neuter falciferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | falcifer | falcifera | falciferum | falciferī | falciferae | falcifera | |
| genitive | falciferī | falciferae | falciferī | falciferōrum | falciferārum | falciferōrum | |
| dative | falciferō | falciferae | falciferō | falciferīs | |||
| accusative | falciferum | falciferam | falciferum | falciferōs | falciferās | falcifera | |
| ablative | falciferō | falciferā | falciferō | falciferīs | |||
| vocative | falcifer | falcifera | falciferum | falciferī | falciferae | falcifera | |
References
[edit]- “falcifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “falcifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers