crucifer

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin crucifer (“cross-bearer”), from crux (“cross”) + ferō (“I carry, bear”).

Noun

crucifer (plural crucifers)

1. (Christianity) A person who carries a cross in a religious procession, a cross bearer.
2. (botany) a member of the family Cruciferae, the cabbage family, including cabbage and mustard

   Note: It is allowed to use Brassicaceae as an alternative and equivalent name for this family.

Hyponyms

• (botany): arugula, cabbage, cauliflower, mustard greens, radish, spring greens, watercress

Derived terms

• cruciferous

Translations

(religion) person who carries a cross

• French: crucifère (fr) m or f
• Icelandic: krossberi m
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• Italian: crucifera f

(botany) a member of the family Cruciferae

• French: crucifère (fr) f
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Anagrams

• Ferrucci

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Latin

Etymology

From crux (“cross”) + ferō (“I carry, bear”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkru.ki.fer/, [ˈkrʊkɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkru.t͡ʃi.fer/, [ˈkruːt͡ʃifer]

Noun

crucifer m (genitive cruciferī); second declension

1. the cross-bearer, that is Jēsūs Chrīstus

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	crucifer	cruciferī
Genitive	cruciferī	cruciferōrum
Dative	cruciferō	cruciferīs
Accusative	cruciferum	cruciferōs
Ablative	cruciferō	cruciferīs
Vocative	crucifer	cruciferī

Related terms

• cruciābilis
• cruciābilitās
• cruciābiliter
• cruciābundus

• cruciāmen
• cruciāmentum
• cruciārius
• cruciātiō

• cruciātor
• cruciātōrius
• cruciātus
• crucifīgō

• crucifixor
• cruciō
• crux

Descendants

• Catalan: crucífer
• English: crucifer
• French: crucifère

• Italian: crocifero
• Portuguese: crucífero
• Spanish: crucífero

References

• “crucifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• crucifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• crucifer in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016