letifer
Latin
Etymology
From lētum (“killing”) + -fer (“carrying”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫeː.tɪ.fɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈlɛː.t̪i.fer]
Adjective
lētifer (feminine lētifera, neuter lētiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | lētifer | lētifera | lētiferum | lētiferī | lētiferae | lētifera | |
| genitive | lētiferī | lētiferae | lētiferī | lētiferōrum | lētiferārum | lētiferōrum | |
| dative | lētiferō | lētiferae | lētiferō | lētiferīs | |||
| accusative | lētiferum | lētiferam | lētiferum | lētiferōs | lētiferās | lētifera | |
| ablative | lētiferō | lētiferā | lētiferō | lētiferīs | |||
| vocative | lētifer | lētifera | lētiferum | lētiferī | lētiferae | lētifera | |
Related terms
Descendants
- → English: lethiferous
- Italian: letifero
- Portuguese: letífero
- Romanian: letifer
References
- “letifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “letifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- letifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Romanian
Etymology
Adjective
letifer m or n (feminine singular letiferă, masculine plural letiferi, feminine and neuter plural letifere)
- (dated) lethal
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | letifer | letiferă | letiferi | letifere | |||
| definite | letiferul | letifera | letiferii | letiferele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | letifer | letifere | letiferi | letifere | |||
| definite | letiferului | letiferei | letiferilor | letiferelor | ||||