velifer
English
Noun
velifer (plural velifers)
- Any of two species of fish that make up the family Veliferidae: a spinyfin velifer (Metavelifer multiradiatus) and a sailfin velifer (Vellifer hypselopterus)
References
- Veliferidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Veliferidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Veliferidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Latin
Etymology
From vēlum (“sail”) + -fer (“carrying”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈweː.lɪ.fɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvɛː.li.fer]
Adjective
vēlifer (feminine vēlifera, neuter vēliferum); 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 | vēlifer | vēlifera | vēliferum | vēliferī | vēliferae | vēlifera | |
| genitive | vēliferī | vēliferae | vēliferī | vēliferōrum | vēliferārum | vēliferōrum | |
| dative | vēliferō | vēliferae | vēliferō | vēliferīs | |||
| accusative | vēliferum | vēliferam | vēliferum | vēliferōs | vēliferās | vēlifera | |
| ablative | vēliferō | vēliferā | vēliferō | vēliferīs | |||
| vocative | vēlifer | vēlifera | vēliferum | vēliferī | vēliferae | vēlifera | |
Derived terms
References
- “velifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “velifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- velifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.