pomifer

Latin

Etymology

From pōmum (“fruit”) +‎ -fer (“carrying”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpoː.mi.fer/, [ˈpoːmɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.mi.fer/, [ˈpɔːmifer]

Adjective

pōmifer (feminine pōmifera, neuter pōmiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. fruit-bearing

Declension

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

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	pōmifer	pōmifera	pōmiferum		pōmiferī	pōmiferae	pōmifera
genitive	pōmiferī	pōmiferae	pōmiferī		pōmiferōrum	pōmiferārum	pōmiferōrum
dative	pōmiferō	pōmiferae	pōmiferō		pōmiferīs
accusative	pōmiferum	pōmiferam	pōmiferum		pōmiferōs	pōmiferās	pōmifera
ablative	pōmiferō	pōmiferā	pōmiferō		pōmiferīs
vocative	pōmifer	pōmifera	pōmiferum		pōmiferī	pōmiferae	pōmifera

Descendants

• French: pomifère
• Italian: pomifero
• Portuguese: pomífero
• Spanish: pomífero

References

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