buxifer

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Latin

Etymology

From buxus (box tree) +‎ -fer (carrying).

Pronunciation

Adjective

buxifer (feminine buxifera, neuter buxiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. bearing box trees or boxwood

Declension

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

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative buxifer buxifera buxiferum buxiferī buxiferae buxifera
genitive buxiferī buxiferae buxiferī buxiferōrum buxiferārum buxiferōrum
dative buxiferō buxiferae buxiferō buxiferīs
accusative buxiferum buxiferam buxiferum buxiferōs buxiferās buxifera
ablative buxiferō buxiferā buxiferō buxiferīs
vocative buxifer buxifera buxiferum buxiferī buxiferae buxifera

References

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