LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

aurifer

aurifer (feminine aurifera, neuter auriferum)
Classical[ˈau̯.rɪ.fɛr]Ecclesiastical[ˈaːu̯.ri.fer]

Meaning

  1. adjectivebearing, producing or containing gold, gold-bearing, auriferous
  2. adjectivebearing golden fruit

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativein -er
aurifer		auriferaauriferum
genitiveauriferīauriferaeauriferī
dativeauriferōauriferaeauriferō
accusativeauriferumauriferamauriferum
ablativeauriferōauriferāauriferō
vocativeauriferauriferaauriferum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeauriferīauriferaeaurifera
genitiveauriferōrumauriferārumauriferōrum
dativeauriferīsauriferīsauriferīs
accusativeauriferōsauriferāsaurifera
ablativeauriferīsauriferīsauriferīs
vocativeauriferīauriferaeaurifera

aurĭfer, fĕra, fĕrum, adj. aurum-fero,
I. bearing, producing, or containing gold, goldbearing (poet. or in post-Aug. prose): amnis, i. e. Pactolus, * Tib. 3, 3, 29: arva, i. e. Spain, Sil. 16, 25: regio, Flor 4, 12, 60: harenae, Plin. 4, 22, 35, § 115: nemus, id. 5, 1, 1, § 4: arbor, i. e. bearing golden apples (in the garden of the Hesperides), Cic. Tusc. 2, 9, 22; Sil. 4, 639.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-der. Proto-Italic *auzom Latin aurum Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *bʰorós Proto-Italic *-foros Latin -fer Latin aurifer From aurum (“gold”) + -fer (“-carrying”).

Descendants
  • Catalanaurífer
  • Englishauriferous
  • Frenchaurifère
  • Italianaurifero
  • Portugueseaurífero
  • Romanianaurifer
  • Spanishaurífero
  • Friulianaurifar

Quick answers

What does aurifer mean in Latin?
aurifer, a adjective, means “bearing, producing or containing gold, gold-bearing, auriferous; bearing golden fruit”.
How do you pronounce aurifer?
In classical Latin, [ˈau̯.rɪ.fɛr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈaːu̯.ri.fer].