flammifer

Latin

Etymology

From flamma (“flame”) +‎ -fer (“-bearing”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfɫam.mɪ.fɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈflam.mi.fer]

Adjective

flammifer (feminine flammifera, neuter flammiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. flame-bearing, burning, fiery

Declension

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

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	flammifer	flammifera	flammiferum		flammiferī	flammiferae	flammifera
genitive	flammiferī	flammiferae	flammiferī		flammiferōrum	flammiferārum	flammiferōrum
dative	flammiferō	flammiferae	flammiferō		flammiferīs
accusative	flammiferum	flammiferam	flammiferum		flammiferōs	flammiferās	flammifera
ablative	flammiferō	flammiferā	flammiferō		flammiferīs
vocative	flammifer	flammifera	flammiferum		flammiferī	flammiferae	flammifera

Descendants

• Italian: fiammifero

References

• “flammifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “flammifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers