lasarpicifer
Latin
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Alternative forms
- lāserpīcifer
Etymology
From lāsarpīcium, alternative form of lāserpīcium (“silphium”), + -fer (“carrying”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /laː.sarˈpiː.ki.fer/, [ɫaː.sarˈpiː.kɪ.fɛr]
Adjective
lāsarpīcifer (feminine lāsarpīcifera, neuter lāsarpīciferum); first/second declension
- silphium bearing, silphium producing
- ca. 84-54 BCE, Catullus, Ad Lesbiam, poem 7, line 4-5
- […] quam magnus numerus Libyssae harenae / lasarpiciferis iacet Cyrenis
- […] As great as the number of Libyan sands / That lie in silphium-bearing Cyrene
- […] quam magnus numerus Libyssae harenae / lasarpiciferis iacet Cyrenis
- ca. 84-54 BCE, Catullus, Ad Lesbiam, poem 7, line 4-5
Inflection
First/second declension, nominative masculine singular in -er.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | lāsarpīcifer | lāsarpīcifera | lāsarpīciferum | lāsarpīciferī | lāsarpīciferae | lāsarpīcifera | |
| Genitive | lāsarpīciferī | lāsarpīciferae | lāsarpīciferī | lāsarpīciferōrum | lāsarpīciferārum | lāsarpīciferōrum | |
| Dative | lāsarpīciferō | lāsarpīciferō | lāsarpīciferīs | ||||
| Accusative | lāsarpīciferum | lāsarpīciferam | lāsarpīciferum | lāsarpīciferōs | lāsarpīciferās | lāsarpīcifera | |
| Ablative | lāsarpīciferō | lāsarpīciferā | lāsarpīciferō | lāsarpīciferīs | |||
| Vocative | lāsarpīcifer | lāsarpīcifera | lāsarpīciferum | lāsarpīciferī | lāsarpīciferae | lāsarpīcifera | |
Related terms
- lāserpīciārius
- lāserpīciātus
- lāserpīcium
References
- lasarpicifer in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lasarpicifer in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lasarpicifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette