saxifer

Latin

Etymology

From saxum (“rock, stone”) +‎ -fer +‎ [Term?] (“-carrying”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsak.si.fer/, [ˈs̠äks̠ɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsak.si.fer/, [ˈsäksifer]

Adjective

saxifer (feminine saxifera, neuter saxiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. stone-bearing

Declension

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

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	saxifer	saxifera	saxiferum		saxiferī	saxiferae	saxifera
genitive	saxiferī	saxiferae	saxiferī		saxiferōrum	saxiferārum	saxiferōrum
dative	saxiferō	saxiferae	saxiferō		saxiferīs
accusative	saxiferum	saxiferam	saxiferum		saxiferōs	saxiferās	saxifera
ablative	saxiferō	saxiferā	saxiferō		saxiferīs
vocative	saxifer	saxifera	saxiferum		saxiferī	saxiferae	saxifera

References

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