lignifer

Latin

Etymology

lignum (“wood”) +‎ -fer (“-bearing”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈliɡ.ni.fer/, [ˈlʲɪŋnɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈliɲ.ɲi.fer/, [ˈliɲːifer]

Noun

lignifer (feminine lignifera, neuter ligniferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. bearing, producing or containing wood

Declension

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

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lignifer	lignifera	ligniferum		ligniferī	ligniferae	lignifera
genitive	ligniferī	ligniferae	ligniferī		ligniferōrum	ligniferārum	ligniferōrum
dative	ligniferō	ligniferae	ligniferō		ligniferīs
accusative	ligniferum	ligniferam	ligniferum		ligniferōs	ligniferās	lignifera
ablative	ligniferō	ligniferā	ligniferō		ligniferīs
vocative	lignifer	lignifera	ligniferum		ligniferī	ligniferae	lignifera

Descendants

• English: ligniferous
• French: lignifère

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lignifer.

Noun

lignifer m (plural ligniferi)

1. ligniferous

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	lignifer	ligniferul		ligniferi	ligniferii
genitive-dative	lignifer	ligniferului		ligniferi	ligniferilor
vocative	ligniferule			ligniferilor