ensifer
See also: Ensifer
English
Etymology
Borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ēnsifer (“sword-bearing”).
Noun
ensifer (uncountable)
- (microbiology) A member of the genus Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., the bacteria family of Rhizobiaceae.
Anagrams
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ēnsis (“sword”) + -fer (“-carrying”). Compare Ancient Greek ξιφήρης (xiphḗrēs).
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Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈen.si.fer/, [ˈẽːs̠ɪfɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈen.si.fer/, [ˈɛnsifer]
Adjective
ēnsifer (feminine ēnsifera, neuter ēnsiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
- sword-bearing (especially as an epithet of Orion)
- 1835. M. Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia (ed. Carolus Hermannus Weise) book 1, line 663 (3.61):
- Ēnsiferī nimium fulget lātus Orionis?
- Does the sword-bearing side of Orion gleam too much?
- Ēnsiferī nimium fulget lātus Orionis?
- 1835. M. Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia (ed. Carolus Hermannus Weise) book 1, line 663 (3.61):
Declension
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | ēnsifer | ēnsifera | ēnsiferum | ēnsiferī | ēnsiferae | ēnsifera | |
Genitive | ēnsiferī | ēnsiferae | ēnsiferī | ēnsiferōrum | ēnsiferārum | ēnsiferōrum | |
Dative | ēnsiferō | ēnsiferō | ēnsiferīs | ||||
Accusative | ēnsiferum | ēnsiferam | ēnsiferum | ēnsiferōs | ēnsiferās | ēnsifera | |
Ablative | ēnsiferō | ēnsiferā | ēnsiferō | ēnsiferīs | |||
Vocative | ēnsifer | ēnsifera | ēnsiferum | ēnsiferī | ēnsiferae | ēnsifera |
Noun
ēnsifer m (genitive ēnsiferī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ēnsifer | ēnsiferī |
Genitive | ēnsiferī | ēnsiferōrum |
Dative | ēnsiferō | ēnsiferīs |
Accusative | ēnsiferum | ēnsiferōs |
Ablative | ēnsiferō | ēnsiferīs |
Vocative | ēnsifer | ēnsiferī |
References
- “ensĭfer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ENSIFERI in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- (-ger) ensĭfĕr (-ger) in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 590/3.
- M. Annaeus Lucanus (1835) Pharsalia (poem).[1]
- “ensifer” on page 609/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “ensifer”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 375/1
- Glossary of Latin Words, Bible History Online. (File retrieved 10-19-07)[2]
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