caducifer
Latin
Etymology
cādūceum (“caduceus”) + -fer
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kaːˈduː.ki.fer/, [käːˈd̪uːkɪfɛr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈdu.t͡ʃi.fer/, [käˈd̪uːt͡ʃifɛr]
Adjective
cādūcifer (feminine cādūcifera, neuter cādūciferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
- bearing a herald's staff
- an epithet for Mercury
Declension
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | cādūcifer | cādūcifera | cādūciferum | cādūciferī | cādūciferae | cādūcifera | |
| Genitive | cādūciferī | cādūciferae | cādūciferī | cādūciferōrum | cādūciferārum | cādūciferōrum | |
| Dative | cādūciferō | cādūciferō | cādūciferīs | ||||
| Accusative | cādūciferum | cādūciferam | cādūciferum | cādūciferōs | cādūciferās | cādūcifera | |
| Ablative | cādūciferō | cādūciferā | cādūciferō | cādūciferīs | |||
| Vocative | cādūcifer | cādūcifera | cādūciferum | cādūciferī | cādūciferae | cādūcifera | |
References
- caducifer in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- caducifer in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers