herbifer

Latin

Etymology

herba (“grass”) +‎ -fer (“-bearing”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈher.bi.fer/, [ˈhɛrbɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈer.bi.fer/, [ˈɛrbifer]

Adjective

herbifer (feminine herbifera, neuter herbiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. producing grass, grassy, herbiferous

Declension

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

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	herbifer	herbifera	herbiferum		herbiferī	herbiferae	herbifera
Genitive	herbiferī	herbiferae	herbiferī		herbiferōrum	herbiferārum	herbiferōrum
Dative	herbiferō		herbiferō		herbiferīs
Accusative	herbiferum	herbiferam	herbiferum		herbiferōs	herbiferās	herbifera
Ablative	herbiferō	herbiferā	herbiferō		herbiferīs
Vocative	herbifer	herbifera	herbiferum		herbiferī	herbiferae	herbifera

References

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