ignifer

Latin

Etymology

From ignis (“fire”) +‎ -fer (“carrying”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɪŋ.nɪ.fɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈiɲ.ɲi.fer]

Adjective

ignifer (feminine ignifera, neuter igniferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. fiery
2. bearing fire

Declension

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

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ignifer	ignifera	igniferum		igniferī	igniferae	ignifera
genitive	igniferī	igniferae	igniferī		igniferōrum	igniferārum	igniferōrum
dative	igniferō	igniferae	igniferō		igniferīs
accusative	igniferum	igniferam	igniferum		igniferōs	igniferās	ignifera
ablative	igniferō	igniferā	igniferō		igniferīs
vocative	ignifer	ignifera	igniferum		igniferī	igniferae	ignifera

References

• “ignifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ignifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ignifer”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.