margaritifer
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]New Latin; from margarīta (“pearl”) + -fer (“bearing”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /mar.ɡaˈriː.ti.fer/, [märɡäˈriːt̪ɪfɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mar.ɡaˈri.ti.fer/, [märɡäˈriːt̪ifer]
Adjective
[edit]margarītifer (feminine margarītifera, neuter margarītiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | margarītifer | margarītifera | margarītiferum | margarītiferī | margarītiferae | margarītifera | |
| Genitive | margarītiferī | margarītiferae | margarītiferī | margarītiferōrum | margarītiferārum | margarītiferōrum | |
| Dative | margarītiferō | margarītiferō | margarītiferīs | ||||
| Accusative | margarītiferum | margarītiferam | margarītiferum | margarītiferōs | margarītiferās | margarītifera | |
| Ablative | margarītiferō | margarītiferā | margarītiferō | margarītiferīs | |||
| Vocative | margarītifer | margarītifera | margarītiferum | margarītiferī | margarītiferae | margarītifera | |
Descendants
[edit]- English: margaritiferous
References
[edit]- “margaritifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- margaritifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.