anguifer

Latin

Etymology

anguis (“snake”) +‎ -fer. Calque of Ancient Greek ὀφιοῦχος (ophioûkhos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈan.ɡʷi.fer/, [ˈäŋɡʷɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈan.ɡwi.fer/, [ˈäŋɡwifer]

Adjective

anguifer (feminine anguifera, neuter anguiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. serpent-bearing

Declension

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

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	anguifer	anguifera	anguiferum		anguiferī	anguiferae	anguifera
Genitive	anguiferī	anguiferae	anguiferī		anguiferōrum	anguiferārum	anguiferōrum
Dative	anguiferō		anguiferō		anguiferīs
Accusative	anguiferum	anguiferam	anguiferum		anguiferōs	anguiferās	anguifera
Ablative	anguiferō	anguiferā	anguiferō		anguiferīs
Vocative	anguifer	anguifera	anguiferum		anguiferī	anguiferae	anguifera

Noun

anguifer m (genitive anguiferī); second declension

1. the constellation Ophiuchus

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	anguifer	anguiferī
Genitive	anguiferī	anguiferōrum
Dative	anguiferō	anguiferīs
Accusative	anguiferum	anguiferōs
Ablative	anguiferō	anguiferīs
Vocative	anguifer	anguiferī

References

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