signifer
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin signifer , from signum (“sign”) + ferō (“to bear”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editsignifer (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, →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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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
editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom signum (“sign”) + -fer (“carrying”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsiɡ.ni.fer/, [ˈs̠ɪŋnɪfɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsiɲ.ɲi.fer/, [ˈsiɲːifer]
Adjective
editsignifer (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
editFirst/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
editNoun
editsignifer m (genitive signiferī); second declension
Declension
editSecond-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
editReferences
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
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