falcifer

Latin

Etymology

falx (“sickle, scythe”) ‎ -fer (“-bearing”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfal.ki.fer/, [ˈfäɫ̪kɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfal.t͡ʃi.fer/, [ˈfäl̠ʲt͡ʃifer]

Adjective

falcifer (feminine falcifera, neuter falciferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. sickle-bearing, holding a scythe

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	falcifer	falcifera	falciferum		falciferī	falciferae	falcifera
genitive	falciferī	falciferae	falciferī		falciferōrum	falciferārum	falciferōrum
dative	falciferō	falciferae	falciferō		falciferīs
accusative	falciferum	falciferam	falciferum		falciferōs	falciferās	falcifera
ablative	falciferō	falciferā	falciferō		falciferīs
vocative	falcifer	falcifera	falciferum		falciferī	falciferae	falcifera

References

• “falcifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “falcifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers