lasarpicifer
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From lāsarpīcium, alternative form of lāserpīcium (“silphium”), + -fer (“carrying”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫaː.sarˈpiː.kɪ.fɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [la.s̬arˈpiː.t͡ʃi.fer]
Adjective
lāsarpīcifer (feminine lāsarpīcifera, neuter lāsarpīciferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
- 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
- […] quam magnus numerus Libyssae harenae / lasarpiciferis iacet Cyrenis
- ca. 84-54 BCE, Catullus, Ad Lesbiam, poem 7, line 4-5
Declension
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | lāsarpīcifer | lāsarpīcifera | lāsarpīciferum | lāsarpīciferī | lāsarpīciferae | lāsarpīcifera | |
| genitive | lāsarpīciferī | lāsarpīciferae | lāsarpīciferī | lāsarpīciferōrum | lāsarpīciferārum | lāsarpīciferōrum | |
| dative | lāsarpīciferō | lāsarpīciferae | lāsarpīciferō | lāsarpīciferīs | |||
| accusative | lāsarpīciferum | lāsarpīciferam | lāsarpīciferum | lāsarpīciferōs | lāsarpīciferās | lāsarpīcifera | |
| ablative | lāsarpīciferō | lāsarpīciferā | lāsarpīciferō | lāsarpīciferīs | |||
| vocative | lāsarpīcifer | lāsarpīcifera | lāsarpīciferum | lāsarpīciferī | lāsarpīciferae | lāsarpīcifera | |
Related terms
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.