imbrifer

Latin

Etymology

From imber (“rain”) +‎ -fer (“carrying”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈim.bri.fer/, [ˈɪmbrɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈim.bri.fer/, [ˈimbrifer]

Adjective

imbrifer (feminine imbrifera, neuter imbriferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. rain-bearing; which gives rain

Declension

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

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	imbrifer	imbrifera	imbriferum		imbriferī	imbriferae	imbrifera
Genitive	imbriferī	imbriferae	imbriferī		imbriferōrum	imbriferārum	imbriferōrum
Dative	imbriferō		imbriferō		imbriferīs
Accusative	imbriferum	imbriferam	imbriferum		imbriferōs	imbriferās	imbrifera
Ablative	imbriferō	imbriferā	imbriferō		imbriferīs
Vocative	imbrifer	imbrifera	imbriferum		imbriferī	imbriferae	imbrifera

Related terms

• imbridus

Descendants

• English: imbriferous
• Italian: imbrifero

References

• “imbrifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “imbrifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• imbrifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.