crucifer

English

Etymology

From Latin crucifer (“cross-bearer”), from crux (“cross”) + ferō (“I carry, bear”).

Noun

crucifer (plural crucifers)

1. (Christianity) A person who carries a cross in a religious procession, a cross bearer.
2. (botany) A member of the family Cruciferae, the cabbage family, including cabbage and mustard.

   Note: Brassicaceae may be used as an alternative and equivalent name for this family.

Hyponyms

• (botany): arugula, broccoli, Brussels sprout, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, mustard greens, radish, spring greens, watercress

Derived terms

• cruciferous

Translations

(religion) person who carries a cross

• French: crucifère (fr) m or f
• Icelandic: krossberi m
• Italian: crucifera f
• Portuguese: crucífero (pt) m

(botany) a member of the family Cruciferae

• Dutch: kruisbloem (nl) f
• French: crucifère (fr) f
• Portuguese: crucífera (pt) f

Anagrams

• Ferrucci

Latin

Etymology

From crux (“cross”) +‎ -fer (“bearer”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkru.ki.fer/, [ˈkrʊkɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkru.t͡ʃi.fer/, [ˈkruːt͡ʃifer]

Noun

crucifer m (genitive cruciferī); second declension

1. the cross-bearer, that is Jēsūs Chrīstus
2. (post-classical, historical) the Kreuzer (German coin bearing cross)
3. (Medieval Latin) crusader

Declension

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	crucifer	cruciferī
Genitive	cruciferī	cruciferōrum
Dative	cruciferō	cruciferīs
Accusative	cruciferum	cruciferōs
Ablative	cruciferō	cruciferīs
Vocative	crucifer	cruciferī

Related terms

• cruciābilis
• cruciābilitās
• cruciābiliter
• cruciābundus
• cruciāmen
• cruciāmentum
• cruciārius
• cruciātiō
• cruciātor
• cruciātōrius
• cruciātus
• crucifīgō
• crucifixor
• cruciō
• crux

Descendants

• Catalan: crucífer
• English: crucifer
• French: crucifère
• Italian: crocifero
• Portuguese: crucífero
• Spanish: crucífero

References

• “crucifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• crucifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• crucifer in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “crucifer”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 283