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Latin
Etymology
papȳrus (“paper”) + -fer (“bearing”)
Pronunciation
Adjective
papȳrifer (feminine papȳrifera, neuter papȳriferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
- papyrus-bearing, producing papyrus
- (New Latin) paper-bearing.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
Descendants
- English: papyriferous
References
- “papyrifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “papyrifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- papyrifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- papyrifer in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016