herbifer
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]herba (“grass”) + -fer (“-bearing”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈher.bi.fer/, [ˈhɛrbɪfɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈer.bi.fer/, [ˈɛrbifer]
Adjective
[edit]herbifer (feminine herbifera, neuter herbiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
- producing grass, grassy, herbiferous
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | herbifer | herbifera | herbiferum | herbiferī | herbiferae | herbifera | |
| genitive | herbiferī | herbiferae | herbiferī | herbiferōrum | herbiferārum | herbiferōrum | |
| dative | herbiferō | herbiferae | herbiferō | herbiferīs | |||
| accusative | herbiferum | herbiferam | herbiferum | herbiferōs | herbiferās | herbifera | |
| ablative | herbiferō | herbiferā | herbiferō | herbiferīs | |||
| vocative | herbifer | herbifera | herbiferum | herbiferī | herbiferae | herbifera | |
References
[edit]- “herbifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “herbifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers