bacifer

Latin

Alternative forms

• baccifer

Etymology

From bāc(a) (“berry”) +‎ -i- +‎ -fer (“carrying”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbaː.ki.fer/, [ˈbäːkɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈba.t͡ʃi.fer/, [ˈbäːt͡ʃifer]

Adjective

bācifer (feminine bācifera, neuter bāciferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. bearing-berries; bacciferous

Declension

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

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bācifer	bācifera	bāciferum		bāciferī	bāciferae	bācifera
genitive	bāciferī	bāciferae	bāciferī		bāciferōrum	bāciferārum	bāciferōrum
dative	bāciferō	bāciferae	bāciferō		bāciferīs
accusative	bāciferum	bāciferam	bāciferum		bāciferōs	bāciferās	bācifera
ablative	bāciferō	bāciferā	bāciferō		bāciferīs
vocative	bācifer	bācifera	bāciferum		bāciferī	bāciferae	bācifera

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French baccifère.

Adjective

bacifer m or n (feminine singular baciferă, masculine plural baciferi, feminine and neuter plural bacifere)

1. bacciferous

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	bacifer		baciferă		baciferi	bacifere
	definite	baciferul		bacifera		baciferii	baciferele
genitive- dative	indefinite	bacifer		bacifere		baciferi	bacifere
	definite	baciferului		baciferei		baciferilor	baciferelor