signifer

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English

Etymology

From Latin signifer , from signum (“sign”) + ferō (“to bear”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

signifer (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Bearing signs.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “signifer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From signum (“sign”) +‎ -fer (“carrying”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

signifer (feminine signifera, neuter signiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. sign-bearing, image-bearing,
  2. bearing the heavenly signs or constellations, starry
    "sed signifer sanctus Michael repraesentet eas in lucem sanctam." (But may the sign-bearer, Saint Michael, lead them into the holy light)

Declension

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

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative signifer signifera signiferum signiferī signiferae signifera
genitive signiferī signiferae signiferī signiferōrum signiferārum signiferōrum
dative signiferō signiferae signiferō signiferīs
accusative signiferum signiferam signiferum signiferōs signiferās signifera
ablative signiferō signiferā signiferō signiferīs
vocative signifer signifera signiferum signiferī signiferae signifera

Descendants

  • Catalan: signífer
  • Spanish: signífero

Noun

signifer m (genitive signiferī); second declension

  1. standard-bearer, sign-bearer, ensign
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.585–586:
      signa, decus bellī, Parthus Rōmāna tenēbat,
      Rōmānaeque aquilae signifer hostis erat.
      The Roman standards – the glory of war – a Parthian was holding, and the standard-bearer of the Roman eagle was an enemy.
      (See: Phraates V; aquilifer; signifer.)
  2. leader, chief
  3. the sky, heavens

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

singular plural
nominative signifer signiferī
genitive signiferī signiferōrum
dative signiferō signiferīs
accusative signiferum signiferōs
ablative signiferō signiferīs
vocative signifer signiferī

Descendants

References

  • “signifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “signifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • signifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the zodiac: orbis signifer
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