pyrifer
Latin
Etymology
pyr (“fire”) + -fer (“bearing”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpy.rɪ.fɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpiː.ri.fer]
Adjective
pyrifer (feminine pyrifera, neuter pyriferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
- (New Latin) fire-bearing, pyriferous
Usage notes
- Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | pyrifer | pyrifera | pyriferum | pyriferī | pyriferae | pyrifera | |
| genitive | pyriferī | pyriferae | pyriferī | pyriferōrum | pyriferārum | pyriferōrum | |
| dative | pyriferō | pyriferae | pyriferō | pyriferīs | |||
| accusative | pyriferum | pyriferam | pyriferum | pyriferōs | pyriferās | pyrifera | |
| ablative | pyriferō | pyriferā | pyriferō | pyriferīs | |||
| vocative | pyrifer | pyrifera | pyriferum | pyriferī | pyriferae | pyrifera | |