Latin edit

Etymology edit

From mālum (apple) +‎ -fer (bearing).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

mālifer (feminine mālifera, neuter māliferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. apple-bearing

Declension edit

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

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative mālifer mālifera māliferum māliferī māliferae mālifera
Genitive māliferī māliferae māliferī māliferōrum māliferārum māliferōrum
Dative māliferō māliferō māliferīs
Accusative māliferum māliferam māliferum māliferōs māliferās mālifera
Ablative māliferō māliferā māliferō māliferīs
Vocative mālifer mālifera māliferum māliferī māliferae mālifera

References edit

  • malifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • malifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.