cocciferus

Translingual

Adjective

cocciferus m (feminine coccifera, neuter cocciferum)

1. (taxonomy) Alternative form of coccifer (a specific epithet)

Derived terms

• Cyrtochilum cocciferum
• Dapsilosporium cocciferum
• Eucalyptus coccifera
• Lichen cocciferus
• Quercus coccifera
• Scyphophorus cocciferus

Further reading

• 2008, David Gledhill, The Names of Plants, 4th ed., published by Cambridge University Press, p. 113, s.v. "cocciferus -a -um, coccigerus -a -um"

Latin

Etymology

coccum +‎ -fer +‎ -us

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kokˈki.fe.rus/, [kɔkˈkɪfɛrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kotˈt͡ʃi.fe.rus/, [kotˈt͡ʃiːferus]

Adjective

cocciferus (feminine coccifera, neuter cocciferum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (New Latin, nonstandard, taxonomy, rare) Alternative form of coccifer
   • 1790, Henricus Fridericus Link, Florae Goettingensis specimen sistens vegetabilia saxo calcareo propria, Goettinga, p. 14 ([1]):

     A praecedente differt sicut L. [= Lichen] cocciferus a pyxidato.

   • 1841, Jac. Folchi Materiae medicae compendium in usum auditorum archigymnasii romani, p. 16: ([2])

     Hisce speciebus adjungi possent Lichen pixidatus Linn., Lichen cocciferus Linn., L. aphtosus Linn.; sed istae vix ullibi hodie pharmacopolium occupant.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cocciferus	coccifera	cocciferum		cocciferī	cocciferae	coccifera
Genitive	cocciferī	cocciferae	cocciferī		cocciferōrum	cocciferārum	cocciferōrum
Dative	cocciferō		cocciferō		cocciferīs
Accusative	cocciferum	cocciferam	cocciferum		cocciferōs	cocciferās	coccifera
Ablative	cocciferō	cocciferā	cocciferō		cocciferīs
Vocative	coccifere	coccifera	cocciferum		cocciferī	cocciferae	coccifera