arcifer
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From arcus (“bow”) + -fer (“-bearing”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈar.ki.fer/, [ˈärkɪfɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈar.t͡ʃi.fer/, [ˈärt͡ʃifer]
Adjective edit
arcifer (feminine arcifera, neuter arciferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
- (poetic) bow-bearing
- Synonym: arcitenēns
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | arcifer | arcifera | arciferum | arciferī | arciferae | arcifera | |
| Genitive | arciferī | arciferae | arciferī | arciferōrum | arciferārum | arciferōrum | |
| Dative | arciferō | arciferō | arciferīs | ||||
| Accusative | arciferum | arciferam | arciferum | arciferōs | arciferās | arcifera | |
| Ablative | arciferō | arciferā | arciferō | arciferīs | |||
| Vocative | arcifer | arcifera | arciferum | arciferī | arciferae | arcifera | |
References edit
- “arcifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- arcifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.