lasarpicifer

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Alternative forms

• lāserpīcifer

Etymology

From lāsarpīcium, alternative form of lāserpīcium (“silphium”), +‎ -fer (“carrying”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /laː.sarˈpiː.ki.fer/, [ɫ̪äːs̠ärˈpiːkɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /la.sarˈpi.t͡ʃi.fer/, [läs̬ärˈpiːt͡ʃifer]

Adjective

lāsarpīcifer (feminine lāsarpīcifera, neuter lāsarpīciferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. silphium bearing, silphium producing
   • ca. 84-54 BCE, Catullus, Ad Lesbiam, poem 7, line 4-5

     […] quam magnus numerus Libyssae harenae / lasarpiciferis iacet Cyrenis

     […] As great as the number of Libyan sands / That lie in silphium-bearing Cyrene

Declension

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

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lāsarpīcifer	lāsarpīcifera	lāsarpīciferum		lāsarpīciferī	lāsarpīciferae	lāsarpīcifera
Genitive	lāsarpīciferī	lāsarpīciferae	lāsarpīciferī		lāsarpīciferōrum	lāsarpīciferārum	lāsarpīciferōrum
Dative	lāsarpīciferō		lāsarpīciferō		lāsarpīciferīs
Accusative	lāsarpīciferum	lāsarpīciferam	lāsarpīciferum		lāsarpīciferōs	lāsarpīciferās	lāsarpīcifera
Ablative	lāsarpīciferō	lāsarpīciferā	lāsarpīciferō		lāsarpīciferīs
Vocative	lāsarpīcifer	lāsarpīcifera	lāsarpīciferum		lāsarpīciferī	lāsarpīciferae	lāsarpīcifera

Related terms

• lāserpīciārius
• lāserpīciātus
• lāserpīcium

References

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