falcifer
Latin edit
Etymology edit
falx (“sickle, scythe”) + -fer (“-bearing”)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfal.ki.fer/, [ˈfäɫ̪kɪfɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfal.t͡ʃi.fer/, [ˈfäl̠ʲt͡ʃifer]
Adjective edit
falcifer (feminine falcifera, neuter falciferum); 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 | falcifer | falcifera | falciferum | falciferī | falciferae | falcifera | |
| Genitive | falciferī | falciferae | falciferī | falciferōrum | falciferārum | falciferōrum | |
| Dative | falciferō | falciferō | falciferīs | ||||
| Accusative | falciferum | falciferam | falciferum | falciferōs | falciferās | falcifera | |
| Ablative | falciferō | falciferā | falciferō | falciferīs | |||
| Vocative | falcifer | falcifera | falciferum | falciferī | falciferae | falcifera | |
References edit
- “falcifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “falcifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers