aurifer

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Latin

Etymology

From aurum (“gold”) +‎ -fer (“-carrying”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

aurifer (feminine aurifera, neuter auriferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. bearing, producing or containing gold, gold-bearing, auriferous
  2. (of a tree, garden, or grove) bearing golden fruit

Declension

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

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative aurifer aurifera auriferum auriferī auriferae aurifera
Genitive auriferī auriferae auriferī auriferōrum auriferārum auriferōrum
Dative auriferō auriferō auriferīs
Accusative auriferum auriferam auriferum auriferōs auriferās aurifera
Ablative auriferō auriferā auriferō auriferīs
Vocative aurifer aurifera auriferum auriferī auriferae aurifera

Synonyms

Descendants

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French aurifère, from Latin aurifer.

Adjective

aurifer m or n (feminine singular auriferă, masculine plural auriferi, feminine and neuter plural aurifere)

  1. auriferous

Declension

Declension of aurifer
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite aurifer auriferă auriferi aurifere
definite auriferul aurifera auriferii auriferele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite aurifer aurifere auriferi aurifere
definite auriferului auriferei auriferilor auriferelor
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