letifer

Latin

Etymology

From lētum (“killing”) +‎ -fer (“carrying”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈleː.ti.fer/, [ˈɫ̪eːt̪ɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ti.fer/, [ˈlɛːt̪ifer]

Adjective

lētifer (feminine lētifera, neuter lētiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. deadly, fatal
2. death-dealing

Declension

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

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lētifer	lētifera	lētiferum		lētiferī	lētiferae	lētifera
genitive	lētiferī	lētiferae	lētiferī		lētiferōrum	lētiferārum	lētiferōrum
dative	lētiferō	lētiferae	lētiferō		lētiferīs
accusative	lētiferum	lētiferam	lētiferum		lētiferōs	lētiferās	lētifera
ablative	lētiferō	lētiferā	lētiferō		lētiferīs
vocative	lētifer	lētifera	lētiferum		lētiferī	lētiferae	lētifera

Related terms

• lētālis
• lētō
• lētum

 

Descendants

• → English: lethiferous
• Italian: letifero
• Portuguese: letífero
• Romanian: letifer

References

• “letifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “letifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• letifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin letifer.

Adjective

letifer m or n (feminine singular letiferă, masculine plural letiferi, feminine and neuter plural letifere)

1. (dated) lethal

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	letifer		letiferă		letiferi	letifere
	definite	letiferul		letifera		letiferii	letiferele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	letifer		letifere		letiferi	letifere
	definite	letiferului		letiferei		letiferilor	letiferelor