spinifer

Latin

Etymology

From spīna (“thorn, spine, prickle”) +‎ -fer (“carrying”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈspiː.ni.fer/, [ˈs̠piːnɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈspi.ni.fer/, [ˈspiːnifer]

Adjective

spīnifer (feminine spīnifera or spīnifra, neuter spīniferum or spīnifrum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er; two different stems)

1. thorny, prickly, spiny

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er; two different stems).

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	spīnifer	spīnifera spīnifra	spīniferum spīnifrum		spīniferī spīnifrī	spīniferae spīnifrae	spīnifera spīnifra
Genitive	spīniferī spīnifrī	spīniferae spīnifrae	spīniferī spīnifrī		spīniferōrum spīnifrōrum	spīniferārum spīnifrārum	spīniferōrum spīnifrōrum
Dative	spīniferō spīnifrō		spīniferō spīnifrō		spīniferīs spīnifrīs
Accusative	spīniferum spīnifrum	spīniferam spīnifram	spīniferum spīnifrum		spīniferōs spīnifrōs	spīniferās spīnifrās	spīnifera spīnifra
Ablative	spīniferō spīnifrō	spīniferā spīnifrā	spīniferō spīnifrō		spīniferīs spīnifrīs
Vocative	spīnifer	spīnifera spīnifra	spīniferum spīnifrum		spīniferī spīnifrī	spīniferae spīnifrae	spīnifera spīnifra

Related terms

• spīna

References

• “spinifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• spinifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.