aurifer

Latin

Etymology

From aurum (“gold”) + ferō (“I carry, bear”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈaʊ.ri.fer/

Adjective

aurifer m (feminine aurifera, neuter auriferum); first/second declension

1. bearing, producing or containing gold, gold-bearing, auriferous
2. (of a tree, garden, or grove) bearing golden fruit

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	M.	F.	N.		MM.	FF.	NN.
nominative	aurifer	aurifera	auriferum		auriferī	auriferae	aurifera
genitive	auriferī	auriferae	auriferī		auriferōrum	auriferārum	auriferōrum
dative	auriferō	auriferae	auriferō		auriferīs	auriferīs	auriferīs
accusative	auriferum	auriferam	auriferum		auriferōs	auriferās	aurifera
ablative	auriferō	auriferā	auriferō		auriferīs	auriferīs	auriferīs
vocative	aurifer	aurifera	auriferum		auriferī	auriferae	aurifera

Synonyms

• (bearing gold): auriger

Related terms

aurāria aurārius aurāta aurātilis aurātūra aurātus aureātus Aurēlia Aurēlius

aureolus aurēscō aureus auricoctor auricolor auricomāns auricomus aurifex aurificīna

aurificium aurifluus aurifodīna aurifrigium aurigāns aurigena auriger aurilegulus auripigmentum

aurō aurōsus aurūgineus aurūginō aurūginōsus aurūgō aurulentus aurum

Descendants

Catalan: aurífer English: auriferous French: aurifère

Italian: aurifero Portuguese: aurífero Romanian: aurifer Spanish: aurífero

References

• aurifer in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879