pyrifer

Latin

Etymology

pyr (“fire”) +‎ -fer (“bearing”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.ri.fer/, [ˈpʏrɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ri.fer/, [ˈpiːrifer]

Adjective

pyrifer (feminine pyrifera, neuter pyriferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. (New Latin) fire-bearing, pyriferous

Usage notes

• Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular.

Declension

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

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	pyrifer	pyrifera	pyriferum		pyriferī	pyriferae	pyrifera
genitive	pyriferī	pyriferae	pyriferī		pyriferōrum	pyriferārum	pyriferōrum
dative	pyriferō	pyriferae	pyriferō		pyriferīs
accusative	pyriferum	pyriferam	pyriferum		pyriferōs	pyriferās	pyrifera
ablative	pyriferō	pyriferā	pyriferō		pyriferīs
vocative	pyrifer	pyrifera	pyriferum		pyriferī	pyriferae	pyrifera

Derived terms

• Bryum pyriferum
• Calthropella pyrifera
• Chaetomnion pyriferum
• Cosmotettix pyrifer
• Erythroclonium pyriferum
• Euconocephalus pyrifer
• Eustomias pyrifer
• Fucus pyrifer
• Hyphaene pyrifera
• Macrocystis pyrifera
• Nomada pyrifera
• Ouratea pyrifera
• Psidium pyriferum
• Rhizaxinella pyrifera