falcifer

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Latin

Etymology

falx (“sickle, scythe”) +‎ -fer (“-bearing”)

Pronunciation

Adjective

falcifer (feminine falcifera, neuter falciferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. sickle-bearing, holding a scythe

Declension

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

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative falcifer falcifera falciferum falciferī falciferae falcifera
Genitive falciferī falciferae falciferī falciferōrum falciferārum falciferōrum
Dative falciferō falciferō falciferīs
Accusative falciferum falciferam falciferum falciferōs falciferās falcifera
Ablative falciferō falciferā falciferō falciferīs
Vocative falcifer falcifera falciferum falciferī falciferae falcifera

References

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