lasarpicifer

Latin

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Alternative forms

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

  1. 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

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

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
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