colubrifer

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Latin

Etymology

coluber (“serpent”) +‎ -fer

Pronunciation

Adjective

colubrifer (feminine colubrifera, neuter colubriferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. serpent-bearing (an epithet for Medusa)

Declension

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

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative colubrifer colubrifera colubriferum colubriferī colubriferae colubrifera
Genitive colubriferī colubriferae colubriferī colubriferōrum colubriferārum colubriferōrum
Dative colubriferō colubriferō colubriferīs
Accusative colubriferum colubriferam colubriferum colubriferōs colubriferās colubrifera
Ablative colubriferō colubriferā colubriferō colubriferīs
Vocative colubrifer colubrifera colubriferum colubriferī colubriferae colubrifera

References

  • “colubrifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “colubrifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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