From mors (“death”) + -fer (“-carrying”), literally “death-bearing”. Calque of Ancient Greek θανατηφόρος (thanatēphóros).
mortifer (feminine mortifera, neuter mortiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | mortifer | mortifera | mortiferum | mortiferī | mortiferae | mortifera | |
Genitive | mortiferī | mortiferae | mortiferī | mortiferōrum | mortiferārum | mortiferōrum | |
Dative | mortiferō | mortiferō | mortiferīs | ||||
Accusative | mortiferum | mortiferam | mortiferum | mortiferōs | mortiferās | mortifera | |
Ablative | mortiferō | mortiferā | mortiferō | mortiferīs | |||
Vocative | mortifer | mortifera | mortiferum | mortiferī | mortiferae | mortifera |
Borrowed from Latin mortiferus or French mortifère.
mortifer m or n (feminine singular mortiferă, masculine plural mortiferi, feminine and neuter plural mortifere)
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | mortifer | mortiferă | mortiferi | mortifere | ||
definite | mortiferul | mortifera | mortiferii | mortiferele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | mortifer | mortifere | mortiferi | mortifere | ||
definite | mortiferului | mortiferei | mortiferilor | mortiferelor |