lucifer
English edit
Etymology edit
Originally a brand name for matches made by Samuel Jones from 1830, soon used generically for self-igniting matches of any brand. From Latin lucifer (“bringer of light”).
Noun edit
lucifer (plural lucifers)
- (British, archaic) A self-igniting match, i.e. one which could be lit by striking on any surface (as opposed to safety matches which only light against the material on the side of the box).
- 1915, George Asaf, song Pack up your Troubles
- While you’ve a lucifer to light your fag,
Smile, boys, that’s the style.
- While you’ve a lucifer to light your fag,
- 1915, George Asaf, song Pack up your Troubles
Descendants edit
- → Dutch: lucifer
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English lucifer, from Latin lūcifer.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lucifer m (plural lucifers, diminutive lucifertje n)
Synonyms edit
- (Flanders, dialectal) stekske
Derived terms edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From lūx, lūcis (“light”) + -i- + -fer (“-carrying”). Compare Old Armenian լուսաւոր (lusawor).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈluː.ki.fer/, [ˈɫ̪uːkɪfɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlu.t͡ʃi.fer/, [ˈluːt͡ʃifer]
Adjective edit
lūcifer (feminine lūcifera, neuter lūciferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | lūcifer | lūcifera | lūciferum | lūciferī | lūciferae | lūcifera | |
Genitive | lūciferī | lūciferae | lūciferī | lūciferōrum | lūciferārum | lūciferōrum | |
Dative | lūciferō | lūciferō | lūciferīs | ||||
Accusative | lūciferum | lūciferam | lūciferum | lūciferōs | lūciferās | lūcifera | |
Ablative | lūciferō | lūciferā | lūciferō | lūciferīs | |||
Vocative | lūcifer | lūcifera | lūciferum | lūciferī | lūciferae | lūcifera |
Descendants edit
Noun edit
lūcifer m (genitive lūciferī); second declension
- Alternative letter-case form of Lūcifer
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | lūcifer | lūciferī |
Genitive | lūciferī | lūciferōrum |
Dative | lūciferō | lūciferīs |
Accusative | lūciferum | lūciferōs |
Ablative | lūciferō | lūciferīs |
Vocative | lūcifer | lūciferī |
References edit
- “lucifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lucifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lucifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “lucifer”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
- “lucifer”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “lucifer”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray