velifer

English

sailfin velifer

Noun

velifer (plural velifers)

1. Either of two species of fish that make up the family Veliferidae, Metavelifer multiradiatus, the spinyfin velifer and Vellifer hypselopterus, the sailfin velifer

Latin

Etymology

From vēlum (“sail”) +‎ -fer (“carrying”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯eː.li.fer/, [ˈu̯eːlʲɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈve.li.fer/, [ˈvɛːlifer]

Adjective

vēlifer (feminine vēlifera, neuter vēliferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. (nautical) sail-bearing

Declension

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

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	vēlifer	vēlifera	vēliferum		vēliferī	vēliferae	vēlifera
Genitive	vēliferī	vēliferae	vēliferī		vēliferōrum	vēliferārum	vēliferōrum
Dative	vēliferō		vēliferō		vēliferīs
Accusative	vēliferum	vēliferam	vēliferum		vēliferōs	vēliferās	vēlifera
Ablative	vēliferō	vēliferā	vēliferō		vēliferīs
Vocative	vēlifer	vēlifera	vēliferum		vēliferī	vēliferae	vēlifera

Derived terms

• veliferous

References

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