sagittifer
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Latin
Etymology
From sagitta (“arrow”) + -fer (“-carrying”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /saˈɡit.ti.fer/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /saˈd͡ʒit.ti.fer/,
Adjective
sagittifer (feminine sagittifera, neuter sagittiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
| singular | plural | ||||||
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| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | sagittifer | sagittifera | sagittiferum | sagittiferī | sagittiferae | sagittifera | |
| genitive | sagittiferī | sagittiferae | sagittiferī | sagittiferōrum | sagittiferārum | sagittiferōrum | |
| dative | sagittiferō | sagittiferae | sagittiferō | sagittiferīs | |||
| accusative | sagittiferum | sagittiferam | sagittiferum | sagittiferōs | sagittiferās | sagittifera | |
| ablative | sagittiferō | sagittiferā | sagittiferō | sagittiferīs | |||
| vocative | sagittifer | sagittifera | sagittiferum | sagittiferī | sagittiferae | sagittifera | |
Related terms
Noun
sagittifer m (genitive sagittiferī); second declension
- Sagittarius (constellation)
- (Medieval Latin) bishop (chess piece)
Declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
| singular | plural | |
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| nominative | sagittifer | sagittiferī |
| genitive | sagittiferī | sagittiferōrum |
| dative | sagittiferō | sagittiferīs |
| accusative | sagittiferum | sagittiferōs |
| ablative | sagittiferō | sagittiferīs |
| vocative | sagittifer | sagittiferī |
See also
| Chess pieces in Latin · latrunculī, mīlitēs scaccōrum (layout · text) | |||||
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| rēx | rēgīna | turris | sagittifer | eques | pedes |
References
- “sagittifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sagittifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sagittifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.