signifer

English

Etymology

Latin, from signum sign + ferre to bear.

Adjective

signifer (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Bearing signs.
   • Holland

     The signifer sphere, or zodiac.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Latin

Adjective

signifer m (feminine signifera, neuter signiferum); first/second declension

1. sign-bearing, image-bearing,
2. bearing the heavenly signs or constellations, starry
3. (substantive) the sky, heavens
4. (substantive) a standard-bearer, sign-bearer, ensign

   "sed signifer sanctus Michael repraesentet eas in lucem sanctam." (But may the sign-bearer, Saint Michael, lead them into the holy light)

5. (substantive) leader, head, chief

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	M.	F.	N.		MM.	FF.	NN.
nominative	signifer	signifera	signiferum		signiferī	signiferae	signifera
genitive	signiferī	signiferae	signiferī		signiferōrum	signiferārum	signiferōrum
dative	signiferō	signiferae	signiferō		signiferīs	signiferīs	signiferīs
accusative	signiferum	signiferam	signiferum		signiferōs	signiferās	signifera
ablative	signiferō	signiferā	signiferō		signiferīs	signiferīs	signiferīs
vocative	signifer	signifera	signiferum		signiferī	signiferae	signifera