velifer

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English

sailfin velifer

Noun

velifer (plural velifers)

  1. Either of two species of fish that make up the family Veliferidae, Metavelifer multiradiatus, the spinyfin velifer and Vellifer hypselopterus, the sailfin velifer


Latin

Etymology

From vēlum (“sail”) +‎ -fer (“carrying”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

vēlifer (feminine vēlifera, neuter vēliferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. (nautical) sail-bearing

Declension

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

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative vēlifer vēlifera vēliferum vēliferī vēliferae vēlifera
genitive vēliferī vēliferae vēliferī vēliferōrum vēliferārum vēliferōrum
dative vēliferō vēliferae vēliferō vēliferīs
accusative vēliferum vēliferam vēliferum vēliferōs vēliferās vēlifera
ablative vēliferō vēliferā vēliferō vēliferīs
vocative vēlifer vēlifera vēliferum vēliferī vēliferae vēlifera

Derived terms

References

  • “velifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “velifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • velifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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