laborifer

Latin

Etymology

From labor (“work”) +‎ -fer (“carrying”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /laˈboː.ri.fer/, [ɫ̪äˈboːrɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /laˈbo.ri.fer/, [läˈbɔːrifer]

Adjective

labōrifer (feminine labōrifera, neuter labōriferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. laborious
2. labor-bearing, toil-enduring

Declension

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

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	labōrifer	labōrifera	labōriferum		labōriferī	labōriferae	labōrifera
Genitive	labōriferī	labōriferae	labōriferī		labōriferōrum	labōriferārum	labōriferōrum
Dative	labōriferō		labōriferō		labōriferīs
Accusative	labōriferum	labōriferam	labōriferum		labōriferōs	labōriferās	labōrifera
Ablative	labōriferō	labōriferā	labōriferō		labōriferīs
Vocative	labōrifer	labōrifera	labōriferum		labōriferī	labōriferae	labōrifera

References

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