margaritifer
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]New Latin; from margarīta (“pearl”) + -fer (“bearing”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /mar.ɡaˈriː.ti.fer/, [märɡäˈriːt̪ɪfɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mar.ɡaˈri.ti.fer/, [märɡäˈriːt̪ifer]
Adjective
[edit]margarītifer (feminine margarītifera, neuter margarītiferum); 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 | margarītifer | margarītifera | margarītiferum | margarītiferī | margarītiferae | margarītifera | |
| genitive | margarītiferī | margarītiferae | margarītiferī | margarītiferōrum | margarītiferārum | margarītiferōrum | |
| dative | margarītiferō | margarītiferae | margarītiferō | margarītiferīs | |||
| accusative | margarītiferum | margarītiferam | margarītiferum | margarītiferōs | margarītiferās | margarītifera | |
| ablative | margarītiferō | margarītiferā | margarītiferō | margarītiferīs | |||
| vocative | margarītifer | margarītifera | margarītiferum | margarītiferī | margarītiferae | margarītifera | |
Descendants
[edit]- English: margaritiferous
References
[edit]- “margaritifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- margaritifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.