crucifer
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English
Etymology
From Latin crucifer (“cross-bearer”), from crux (“cross”) + ferō (“I carry, bear”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɹu.sɪ.fəɹ/
- Rhymes: -uːsɪfə(ɹ)
Noun
crucifer (plural crucifers)
- (Christianity) A person who carries a cross in a religious procession, a cross bearer.
- (botany) A member of the family Cruciferae (Brassicaceae), the cabbage family, including cabbage and mustard.
Hyponyms
- (botany): arugula, broccoli, Brussels sprout, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, mustard greens, radish, spring greens, watercress
Derived terms
Translations
(religion) person who carries a cross
(botany) a member of the family Cruciferae
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From crux (“cross”) + -fer (“bearer”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkru.ki.fer/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkru.t͡ʃi.fer/,
Noun
crucifer m (genitive cruciferī); second declension
- the cross-bearer, that is Jēsūs Chrīstus
- (post-classical, historical) the Kreuzer (German coin bearing cross)
- (Medieval Latin) crusader
Declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | crucifer | cruciferī |
| genitive | cruciferī | cruciferōrum |
| dative | cruciferō | cruciferīs |
| accusative | cruciferum | cruciferōs |
| ablative | cruciferō | cruciferīs |
| vocative | crucifer | cruciferī |
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Descendants
References
- “crucifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- crucifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- crucifer in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “crucifer”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 283