spinifer

Latin

Etymology

From spīna (“thorn, spine, prickle”) +‎ -fer (“carrying”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈspiː.ni.fer/, [ˈspiː.nɪ.fɛr]

Adjective

spīnifer (feminine spīnifera, neuter spīniferum); first/second declension or spīnifer (feminine spīnifra, neuter spīnifrum); first/second declension

  1. thorny, prickly, spiny

Inflection

First/second declension, nominative masculine singular in -er.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative spīnifer spīnifera spīniferum spīniferī spīniferae spīnifera
Genitive spīniferī spīniferae spīniferī spīniferōrum spīniferārum spīniferōrum
Dative spīniferō spīniferae spīniferō spīniferīs spīniferīs spīniferīs
Accusative spīniferum spīniferam spīniferum spīniferōs spīniferās spīnifera
Ablative spīniferō spīniferā spīniferō spīniferīs spīniferīs spīniferīs
Vocative spīnifer spīnifera spīniferum spīniferī spīniferae spīnifera

or First/second declension, nominative masculine singular in -er.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative spīnifer spīnifra spīnifrum spīnifrī spīnifrae spīnifra
Genitive spīnifrī spīnifrae spīnifrī spīnifrōrum spīnifrārum spīnifrōrum
Dative spīnifrō spīnifrae spīnifrō spīnifrīs spīnifrīs spīnifrīs
Accusative spīnifrum spīnifram spīnifrum spīnifrōs spīnifrās spīnifra
Ablative spīnifrō spīnifrā spīnifrō spīnifrīs spīnifrīs spīnifrīs
Vocative spīnifer spīnifra spīnifrum spīnifrī spīnifrae spīnifra

References
  • spinifer in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • spinifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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