colubrifer

Latin

Etymology

coluber (“serpent”) +‎ -fer

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /koˈlu.bri.fer/, [kɔˈɫ̪ʊbrɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /koˈlu.bri.fer/, [koˈluːbrifer]

Adjective

colubrifer (feminine colubrifera, neuter colubriferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. serpent-bearing (an epithet for Medusa)

Declension

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

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	colubrifer	colubrifera	colubriferum		colubriferī	colubriferae	colubrifera
Genitive	colubriferī	colubriferae	colubriferī		colubriferōrum	colubriferārum	colubriferōrum
Dative	colubriferō		colubriferō		colubriferīs
Accusative	colubriferum	colubriferam	colubriferum		colubriferōs	colubriferās	colubrifera
Ablative	colubriferō	colubriferā	colubriferō		colubriferīs
Vocative	colubrifer	colubrifera	colubriferum		colubriferī	colubriferae	colubrifera

References

• “colubrifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “colubrifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers