trifurcifer

Latin

Etymology

From tri- +‎ furcifer (“rogue, rascal”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /triˈfur.ki.fer/, [t̪rɪˈfʊrkɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /triˈfur.t͡ʃi.fer/, [t̪riˈfurt͡ʃifer]

Noun

trifurcifer m (genitive trifurciferī); second declension

1. Someone who is triply a rogue, an arrant rogue or rascal, arch-rogue, persistent thief.

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

	singular	plural
nominative	trifurcifer	trifurciferī
genitive	trifurciferī	trifurciferōrum
dative	trifurciferō	trifurciferīs
accusative	trifurciferum	trifurciferōs
ablative	trifurciferō	trifurciferīs
vocative	trifurcifer	trifurciferī

Synonyms

• (persistent thief): trifūr

References

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