lactifer

Latin

Etymology

From lac (“milk”) +‎ -fer (“carrying, bearing”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫak.tɪ.fɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈlak.ti.fer]

Adjective

lactifer (feminine lactifera, neuter lactiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. milk-bringing, producing milk

Declension

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

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lactifer	lactifera	lactiferum		lactiferī	lactiferae	lactifera
genitive	lactiferī	lactiferae	lactiferī		lactiferōrum	lactiferārum	lactiferōrum
dative	lactiferō	lactiferae	lactiferō		lactiferīs
accusative	lactiferum	lactiferam	lactiferum		lactiferōs	lactiferās	lactifera
ablative	lactiferō	lactiferā	lactiferō		lactiferīs
vocative	lactifer	lactifera	lactiferum		lactiferī	lactiferae	lactifera

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French lactifère.

Adjective

lactifer m or n (feminine singular lactiferă, masculine plural lactiferi, feminine/neuter plural lactifere)

1. lactiferous

Declension

Declension of lactifer

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	lactifer		lactiferă		lactiferi	lactifere
	definite	lactiferul		lactifera		lactiferii	lactiferele
genitive- dative	indefinite	lactifer		lactifere		lactiferi	lactifere
	definite	lactiferului		lactiferei		lactiferilor	lactiferelor