spinifer

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Latin

Etymology

From spīna (thorn, spine, prickle) +‎ -fer (carrying).

Pronunciation

Adjective

spīnifer (feminine spīnifera or spīnifra, neuter spīniferum or spīnifrum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er; two different stems)

  1. thorny, prickly, spiny

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er; two different stems).

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative spīnifer spīnifera
spīnifra
spīniferum
spīnifrum
spīniferī
spīnifrī
spīniferae
spīnifrae
spīnifera
spīnifra
genitive spīniferī
spīnifrī
spīniferae
spīnifrae
spīniferī
spīnifrī
spīniferōrum
spīnifrōrum
spīniferārum
spīnifrārum
spīniferōrum
spīnifrōrum
dative spīniferō
spīnifrō
spīniferae
spīnifrae
spīniferō
spīnifrō
spīniferīs
spīnifrīs
accusative spīniferum
spīnifrum
spīniferam
spīnifram
spīniferum
spīnifrum
spīniferōs
spīnifrōs
spīniferās
spīnifrās
spīnifera
spīnifra
ablative spīniferō
spīnifrō
spīniferā
spīnifrā
spīniferō
spīnifrō
spīniferīs
spīnifrīs
vocative spīnifer spīnifera
spīnifra
spīniferum
spīnifrum
spīniferī
spīnifrī
spīniferae
spīnifrae
spīnifera
spīnifra

References

  • spinifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • spinifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.