velifer
English
sailfin velifer
Noun
velifer (plural velifers)
- 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
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈweː.li.fer/, [ˈweː.lɪ.fɛr]
Adjective
vēlifer (feminine vēlifera, neuter vēliferum); first/second declension
- (nautical) sail-bearing
Inflection
First/second declension, nominative masculine singular in -er.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | vēlifer | vēlifera | vēliferum | vēliferī | vēliferae | vēlifera | |
| Genitive | vēliferī | vēliferae | vēliferī | vēliferōrum | vēliferārum | vēliferōrum | |
| Dative | vēliferō | vēliferō | vēliferīs | ||||
| Accusative | vēliferum | vēliferam | vēliferum | vēliferōs | vēliferās | vēlifera | |
| Ablative | vēliferō | vēliferā | vēliferō | vēliferīs | |||
| Vocative | vēlifer | vēlifera | vēliferum | vēliferī | vēliferae | vēlifera | |
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