margaritifer

Latin

Etymology

New Latin; from margarīta (“pearl”) +‎ -fer (“bearing”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mar.ɡaˈriː.ti.fer/, [märɡäˈriːt̪ɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mar.ɡaˈri.ti.fer/, [märɡäˈriːt̪ifer]

Adjective

margarītifer (feminine margarītifera, neuter margarītiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. pearl-bearing

Declension

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

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	margarītifer	margarītifera	margarītiferum		margarītiferī	margarītiferae	margarītifera
Genitive	margarītiferī	margarītiferae	margarītiferī		margarītiferōrum	margarītiferārum	margarītiferōrum
Dative	margarītiferō		margarītiferō		margarītiferīs
Accusative	margarītiferum	margarītiferam	margarītiferum		margarītiferōs	margarītiferās	margarītifera
Ablative	margarītiferō	margarītiferā	margarītiferō		margarītiferīs
Vocative	margarītifer	margarītifera	margarītiferum		margarītiferī	margarītiferae	margarītifera

Descendants

• English: margaritiferous

References

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