ensifer
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Borrowed from Latin ēnsifer (“sword-bearing”).
Noun [edit]
ensifer (uncountable)
- (microbiology) A member of the genus Ensifer the bacteria family of Rhizobiaceae.
Anagrams [edit]
Latin [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From ēnsis (“sword”) + ferō (“bear”).
Adjective [edit]
ēnsifer m (feminine ēnsifera, neuter ēnsiferum); first/second declension
- sword-bearing
- (substantive) sword-bearer
- (substantive) one name of the constellation Orion (like the Ancient Greek ξιφήρης)
- 1835. M. Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia (ed. Carolus Hermannus Weise) book 1, line 663 (3.61):
- Ensiferi nimium fulget latus Orionis ?
- 1835. M. Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia (ed. Carolus Hermannus Weise) book 1, line 663 (3.61):
Inflection [edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case \ Gender | M. | F. | N. | MM. | FF. | NN. | |
| nominative | ēnsifer | ēnsifera | ēnsiferum | ēnsiferī | ēnsiferae | ēnsifera | |
| genitive | ēnsiferī | ēnsiferae | ēnsiferī | ēnsiferōrum | ēnsiferārum | ēnsiferōrum | |
| dative | ēnsiferō | ēnsiferae | ēnsiferō | ēnsiferīs | ēnsiferīs | ēnsiferīs | |
| accusative | ēnsiferum | ēnsiferam | ēnsiferum | ēnsiferōs | ēnsiferās | ēnsifera | |
| ablative | ēnsiferō | ēnsiferā | ēnsiferō | ēnsiferīs | ēnsiferīs | ēnsiferīs | |
| vocative | ēnsifer | ēnsifera | ēnsiferum | ēnsiferī | ēnsiferae | ēnsifera | |
