metallifer

Latin

Etymology

From metallum (“metal”) +‎ -fer (“-carrying”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /meˈtal.li.fer/, [mɛˈt̪älːʲɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /meˈtal.li.fer/, [meˈt̪älːifer]

Adjective

metallifer (feminine metallifera, neuter metalliferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. yielding or abounding in metal

Declension

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

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	metallifer	metallifera	metalliferum		metalliferī	metalliferae	metallifera
Genitive	metalliferī	metalliferae	metalliferī		metalliferōrum	metalliferārum	metalliferōrum
Dative	metalliferō		metalliferō		metalliferīs
Accusative	metalliferum	metalliferam	metalliferum		metalliferōs	metalliferās	metallifera
Ablative	metalliferō	metalliferā	metalliferō		metalliferīs
Vocative	metallifer	metallifera	metalliferum		metalliferī	metalliferae	metallifera

Related terms

• metallārius
• metallicus
• metallum

Descendants

• English: metalliferous
• French: métallifère
• Italian: metallifero

References

• “metallifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• metallifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.