morbifer

Latin

Alternative forms

• morbiferus

Etymology

From morbus (“disease”) +‎ -fer (“carrying”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmɔr.bɪ.fɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmɔr.bi.fer]

Adjective

morbifer (feminine morbifera, neuter morbiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. That brings disease

Declension

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

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	morbifer	morbifera	morbiferum		morbiferī	morbiferae	morbifera
genitive	morbiferī	morbiferae	morbiferī		morbiferōrum	morbiferārum	morbiferōrum
dative	morbiferō	morbiferae	morbiferō		morbiferīs
accusative	morbiferum	morbiferam	morbiferum		morbiferōs	morbiferās	morbifera
ablative	morbiferō	morbiferā	morbiferō		morbiferīs
vocative	morbifer	morbifera	morbiferum		morbiferī	morbiferae	morbifera

References

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