taurifer

Latin

Etymology

From taurus (“bull”) +‎ -fer (“-bearing, -carrying, -bringing”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtau̯.ri.fer/, [ˈt̪äu̯rɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtau̯.ri.fer/, [ˈt̪äːu̯rifer]

Adjective

taurifer (feminine taurifera, neuter tauriferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. bull-bearing
2. bearing, feeding, or supporting bulls

Declension

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

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	taurifer	taurifera	tauriferum		tauriferī	tauriferae	taurifera
genitive	tauriferī	tauriferae	tauriferī		tauriferōrum	tauriferārum	tauriferōrum
dative	tauriferō	tauriferae	tauriferō		tauriferīs
accusative	tauriferum	tauriferam	tauriferum		tauriferōs	tauriferās	taurifera
ablative	tauriferō	tauriferā	tauriferō		tauriferīs
vocative	taurifer	taurifera	tauriferum		tauriferī	tauriferae	taurifera

Related terms

• fructifer
• ignifer
• mellifer
• palmifer
• tigrifer

References

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