rorifer

Latin

Etymology

From rōs (“dew”) +‎ -fer.

Adjective

rōrifer (feminine rōrifera, neuter rōriferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. which brings or spreads dew, dew-bringing

Declension

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

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rōrifer	rōrifera	rōriferum		rōriferī	rōriferae	rōrifera
genitive	rōriferī	rōriferae	rōriferī		rōriferōrum	rōriferārum	rōriferōrum
dative	rōriferō	rōriferae	rōriferō		rōriferīs
accusative	rōriferum	rōriferam	rōriferum		rōriferōs	rōriferās	rōrifera
ablative	rōriferō	rōriferā	rōriferō		rōriferīs
vocative	rōrifer	rōrifera	rōriferum		rōriferī	rōriferae	rōrifera

Descendants

• → English: roriferous
• → French: rorifère

References

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