metallifer
Latin
Etymology
From metallum (“metal”) + -fer (“-carrying”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /meˈtal.li.fer/
Adjective
metallifer (feminine metallifera, neuter metalliferum); first/second declension
- yielding or abounding in metal
Inflection
First/second declension, nominative masculine singular in -er.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | metallifer | metallifera | metalliferum | metalliferī | metalliferae | metallifera | |
| Genitive | metalliferī | metalliferae | metalliferī | metalliferōrum | metalliferārum | metalliferōrum | |
| Dative | metalliferō | metalliferae | metalliferō | metalliferīs | metalliferīs | metalliferīs | |
| Accusative | metalliferum | metalliferam | metalliferum | metalliferōs | metalliferās | metallifera | |
| Ablative | metalliferō | metalliferā | metalliferō | metalliferīs | metalliferīs | metalliferīs | |
| Vocative | metallifer | metallifera | metalliferum | metalliferī | metalliferae | metallifera | |
Related terms
- metallārius
- metallicus
- metallum
Descendants
- English: metalliferous
- French: métallifère
- Italian: metallifero
References
- metallifer in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- metallifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette