vernifer

Latin

Etymology

From vernus (“spring”) +‎ -fer (“-carrying”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯er.ni.fer/, [ˈu̯ɛrnɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈver.ni.fer/, [ˈvɛrnifer]

Adjective

vernifer (feminine vernifera, neuter verniferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. spring-blooming, flowering in spring

Declension

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

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vernifer	vernifera	verniferum		verniferī	verniferae	vernifera
genitive	verniferī	verniferae	verniferī		verniferōrum	verniferārum	verniferōrum
dative	verniferō	verniferae	verniferō		verniferīs
accusative	verniferum	verniferam	verniferum		verniferōs	verniferās	vernifera
ablative	verniferō	verniferā	verniferō		verniferīs
vocative	vernifer	vernifera	verniferum		verniferī	verniferae	vernifera

References

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