signifer
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin signifer , from signum (“sign”) + ferō (“to bear”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
signifer (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Bearing signs.
- 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, published 1635, →OCLC:
- the circle called Signifer, or the Zodiake
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “signifer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From sīgnum (“sign”) + -fer (“carrying”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsiɡ.ni.fer/, [ˈs̠ɪŋnɪfɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsiɲ.ɲi.fer/, [ˈsiɲːifer]
Adjective edit
signifer (feminine signifera, neuter signiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
- sign-bearing, image-bearing,
- bearing the heavenly signs or constellations, starry
- "sed signifer sanctus Michael repraesentet eas in lucem sanctam." (But may the sign-bearer, Saint Michael, lead them into the holy light)
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | signifer | signifera | signiferum | signiferī | signiferae | signifera | |
Genitive | signiferī | signiferae | signiferī | signiferōrum | signiferārum | signiferōrum | |
Dative | signiferō | signiferō | signiferīs | ||||
Accusative | signiferum | signiferam | signiferum | signiferōs | signiferās | signifera | |
Ablative | signiferō | signiferā | signiferō | signiferīs | |||
Vocative | signifer | signifera | signiferum | signiferī | signiferae | signifera |
Descendants edit
Noun edit
signifer m (genitive signiferī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | signifer | signiferī |
Genitive | signiferī | signiferōrum |
Dative | signiferō | signiferīs |
Accusative | signiferum | signiferōs |
Ablative | signiferō | signiferīs |
Vocative | signifer | signiferī |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “signifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “signifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- signifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the zodiac: orbis signifer
- the zodiac: orbis signifer