spinifer

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈspiː.nɪ.fɛr]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈspiː.ni.fer]

Adjective

spīnifer (feminine spīnifera or spīnifra, neuter spīniferum or spīnifrum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er; two different stems)

thorny, prickly, spiny

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er; two different stems).

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	spīnifer	spīnifera spīnifra	spīniferum spīnifrum	spīniferī spīnifrī	spīniferae spīnifrae	spīnifera spīnifra
genitive	spīniferī spīnifrī	spīniferae spīnifrae	spīniferī spīnifrī	spīniferōrum spīnifrōrum	spīniferārum spīnifrārum	spīniferōrum spīnifrōrum
dative	spīniferō spīnifrō	spīniferae spīnifrae	spīniferō spīnifrō	spīniferīs spīnifrīs
accusative	spīniferum spīnifrum	spīniferam spīnifram	spīniferum spīnifrum	spīniferōs spīnifrōs	spīniferās spīnifrās	spīnifera spīnifra
ablative	spīniferō spīnifrō	spīniferā spīnifrā	spīniferō spīnifrō	spīniferīs spīnifrīs
vocative	spīnifer	spīnifera spīnifra	spīniferum spīnifrum	spīniferī spīnifrī	spīniferae spīnifrae	spīnifera spīnifra

Related terms

spīna

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.