ignifer
Latin
Etymology
From ignis (“fire”) + -fer (“carrying”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈiːɡ.ni.fer/, [ˈiːŋnɪfɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈiɲ.ɲi.fer/, [ˈiɲːifer]
Adjective
īgnifer (feminine īgnifera, neuter īgniferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
- fiery
- bearing fire
Declension
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | īgnifer | īgnifera | īgniferum | īgniferī | īgniferae | īgnifera | |
| Genitive | īgniferī | īgniferae | īgniferī | īgniferōrum | īgniferārum | īgniferōrum | |
| Dative | īgniferō | īgniferō | īgniferīs | ||||
| Accusative | īgniferum | īgniferam | īgniferum | īgniferōs | īgniferās | īgnifera | |
| Ablative | īgniferō | īgniferā | īgniferō | īgniferīs | |||
| Vocative | īgnifer | īgnifera | īgniferum | īgniferī | īgniferae | īgnifera | |
References
- “ignifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ignifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ignifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.