armifer

Latin

Etymology

From arma (“arms, weapons”) +‎ -i- +‎ fer (“-carrying”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈar.mi.fer/, [ˈärmɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.mi.fer/, [ˈärmifer]

Adjective

armifer (feminine armifera, neuter armiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. Carrying weapons; armed, warlike
2. masculine vocative singular of armifer

Declension

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

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	armifer	armifera	armiferum		armiferī	armiferae	armifera
Genitive	armiferī	armiferae	armiferī		armiferōrum	armiferārum	armiferōrum
Dative	armiferō		armiferō		armiferīs
Accusative	armiferum	armiferam	armiferum		armiferōs	armiferās	armifera
Ablative	armiferō	armiferā	armiferō		armiferīs
Vocative	armifer	armifera	armiferum		armiferī	armiferae	armifera

Synonyms

• (warlike): armiger, armipotēns, bellātōrius, bellāx, bellicus, belliger, bellōsus, ferōx, mīlitāris

Related terms

• arma
• armāmentārium
• armātus
• armiger
• armō

References

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