ignifer

Latin

Etymology

From ignis (“fire”) +‎ -fer (“carrying”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈiɡ.ni.fer/, [ˈɪŋnɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈiɲ.ɲi.fer/, [ˈiɲːifer]

Adjective

ignifer (feminine ignifera, neuter igniferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. fiery
2. bearing fire

Declension

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

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ignifer	ignifera	igniferum		igniferī	igniferae	ignifera
Genitive	igniferī	igniferae	igniferī		igniferōrum	igniferārum	igniferōrum
Dative	igniferō		igniferō		igniferīs
Accusative	igniferum	igniferam	igniferum		igniferōs	igniferās	ignifera
Ablative	igniferō	igniferā	igniferō		igniferīs
Vocative	ignifer	ignifera	igniferum		igniferī	igniferae	ignifera

References

• “ignifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ignifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ignifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.