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letifer

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Latin

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. deadly, fatal
  2. death-dealing

Declension

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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
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Descendants

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

References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin letifer.

Adjective

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

  1. (dated) lethal

Declension

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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