taurifer

Latin

Etymology

From taurus (“bull”) +‎ -fer (“-bearing, -carrying, -bringing”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

taurifer (feminine taurifera, neuter tauriferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. bull-bearing
  2. bearing, feeding, or supporting bulls

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative taurifer taurifera tauriferum tauriferī tauriferae taurifera
genitive tauriferī tauriferae tauriferī tauriferōrum tauriferārum tauriferōrum
dative tauriferō tauriferae tauriferō tauriferīs
accusative tauriferum tauriferam tauriferum tauriferōs tauriferās taurifera
ablative tauriferō tauriferā tauriferō tauriferīs
vocative taurifer taurifera tauriferum tauriferī tauriferae taurifera

References

  • “taurifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • taurifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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