pestifer

Latin

Etymology

From pestis (“disease, pest”) +‎ -fer (“carrying”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpes.ti.fer/, [ˈpɛs̠t̪ɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpes.ti.fer/, [ˈpɛst̪ifer]

Adjective

pestifer (feminine pestifera, neuter pestiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. pestilential
2. destructive, fatal

   Synonyms: lētālis, capitālis

3. baleful, noxious, pernicious, pestiferous

Declension

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

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	pestifer	pestifera	pestiferum		pestiferī	pestiferae	pestifera
genitive	pestiferī	pestiferae	pestiferī		pestiferōrum	pestiferārum	pestiferōrum
dative	pestiferō	pestiferae	pestiferō		pestiferīs
accusative	pestiferum	pestiferam	pestiferum		pestiferōs	pestiferās	pestifera
ablative	pestiferō	pestiferā	pestiferō		pestiferīs
vocative	pestifer	pestifera	pestiferum		pestiferī	pestiferae	pestifera

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pestifère.

Adjective

pestifer m or n (feminine singular pestiferă, masculine plural pestiferi, feminine and neuter plural pestifere)

1. pestiferous

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	pestifer		pestiferă		pestiferi	pestifere
	definite	pestiferul		pestifera		pestiferii	pestiferele
genitive- dative	indefinite	pestifer		pestifere		pestiferi	pestifere
	definite	pestiferului		pestiferei		pestiferilor	pestiferelor