aurifer

Latin

Etymology

From aurum (“gold”) +‎ -fer (“-carrying”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯.ri.fer/, [ˈäu̯rɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯.ri.fer/, [ˈäːu̯rifer]

Adjective

aurifer (feminine aurifera, neuter auriferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. bearing, producing or containing gold, gold-bearing, auriferous
2. (of a tree, garden, or grove) bearing golden fruit

Declension

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

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	aurifer	aurifera	auriferum		auriferī	auriferae	aurifera
Genitive	auriferī	auriferae	auriferī		auriferōrum	auriferārum	auriferōrum
Dative	auriferō		auriferō		auriferīs
Accusative	auriferum	auriferam	auriferum		auriferōs	auriferās	aurifera
Ablative	auriferō	auriferā	auriferō		auriferīs
Vocative	aurifer	aurifera	auriferum		auriferī	auriferae	aurifera

Synonyms

• (bearing gold): auriger

Related terms

• aureolus
• aureus
• aureātus
• auricoctor
• auricolor
• auricomus
• auricomāns
• aurifex
• aurificina
• aurificium
• aurificīna
• aurifluus
• aurifodina
• aurifodīna
• aurifrigium
• aurigena
• auriger
• aurigāns
• aurilegulus
• auripigmentum
• auro
• aurulentus
• aurum
• aurāria
• aurārius
• aurāta
• aurātilis
• aurātus
• aurātūra
• Aurēlia
• Aurēlius
• aurēscō
• aurō
• aurōsus
• aurūgineus
• aurūginō
• aurūginōsus
• aurūgō

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: aurífer
• → English: auriferous
• → French: aurifère
• → Friulian: aurifar
• → Italian: aurifero
• → Portuguese: aurífero
• → Romanian: aurifer
• → Spanish: aurífero

References

• “aurifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aurifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aurifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French aurifère, from Latin aurifer.

Adjective

aurifer m or n (feminine singular auriferă, masculine plural auriferi, feminine and neuter plural aurifere)

1. auriferous

Declension

Declension of aurifer

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	aurifer		auriferă	auriferi	aurifere
	definite	auriferul		aurifera	auriferii	auriferele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	aurifer		aurifere	auriferi	aurifere
	definite	auriferului		auriferei	auriferilor	auriferelor