aurifer
Latin
Etymology
From aurum (“gold”) + -fer (“-carrying”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.ri.fer/, [ˈau̯.rɪ.fɛr]
Adjective
aurifer (feminine aurifera, neuter auriferum); first/second declension
- bearing, producing or containing gold, gold-bearing, auriferous
- (of a tree, garden, or grove) bearing golden fruit
Inflection
First/second declension, nominative masculine singular in -er.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | aurifer | aurifera | auriferum | auriferī | auriferae | aurifera | |
| Genitive | auriferī | auriferae | auriferī | auriferōrum | auriferārum | auriferōrum | |
| Dative | auriferō | auriferae | auriferō | auriferīs | auriferīs | auriferīs | |
| Accusative | auriferum | auriferam | auriferum | auriferōs | auriferās | aurifera | |
| Ablative | auriferō | auriferā | auriferō | auriferīs | auriferīs | auriferīs | |
| Vocative | aurifer | aurifera | auriferum | auriferī | auriferae | aurifera | |
Synonyms
- (bearing gold): auriger
Related terms
- aurāria
- aurārius
- aurāta
- aurātilis
- aurātūra
- aurātus
- aureātus
- Aurēlia
- Aurēlius
- aureolus
- aurēscō
- aureus
- auricoctor
- auricolor
- auricomāns
- auricomus
- aurifex
- aurificina
- aurificīna
- aurificium
- aurifluus
- aurifodina
- aurifodīna
- aurifrigium
- aurigāns
- aurigena
- auriger
- aurilegulus
- auripigmentum
- auro
- aurō
- aurōsus
- aurūgineus
- aurūginō
- aurūginōsus
- aurūgō
- aurulentus
- aurum
Descendants
- Catalan: aurífer
- English: auriferous
- French: aurifère
- Italian: aurifero
- Portuguese: aurífero
- Romanian: aurifer
- Spanish: aurífero
References
- aurifer in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- aurifer in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aurifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette