odorifer
Latin
Etymology
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(deprecated template usage) odor (“smell”) (oblique stem odōr-) + -fer (“bearing, carrying”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /oˈdoː.ri.fer/, [ɔˈd̪oːrɪfɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /oˈdo.ri.fer/, [oˈd̪ɔːrifer]
Adjective
odōrifer (feminine odōrifera, neuter odōriferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
- fragrant, odoriferous
- Producing perfumes or spices.
- sweet, flattering, precious
Declension
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | odōrifer | odōrifera | odōriferum | odōriferī | odōriferae | odōrifera | |
| Genitive | odōriferī | odōriferae | odōriferī | odōriferōrum | odōriferārum | odōriferōrum | |
| Dative | odōriferō | odōriferō | odōriferīs | ||||
| Accusative | odōriferum | odōriferam | odōriferum | odōriferōs | odōriferās | odōrifera | |
| Ablative | odōriferō | odōriferā | odōriferō | odōriferīs | |||
| Vocative | odōrifer | odōrifera | odōriferum | odōriferī | odōriferae | odōrifera | |
Descendants
- → English: odoriferous
- Italian: odorifero
References
- “odorifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- odorifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.