ignifer
Latin
Etymology
From ignis (“fire”) + -fer (“carrying”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɪŋ.nɪ.fɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈiɲ.ɲi.fer]
Adjective
ignifer (feminine ignifera, neuter igniferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
- fiery
- bearing fire
Declension
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | ignifer | ignifera | igniferum | igniferī | igniferae | ignifera | |
| genitive | igniferī | igniferae | igniferī | igniferōrum | igniferārum | igniferōrum | |
| dative | igniferō | igniferae | igniferō | igniferīs | |||
| accusative | igniferum | igniferam | igniferum | igniferōs | igniferās | ignifera | |
| ablative | igniferō | igniferā | igniferō | igniferīs | |||
| vocative | ignifer | ignifera | igniferum | igniferī | igniferae | ignifera | |
References
- “ignifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ignifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ignifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.