adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
cādūcifer
cādūcifer (feminine cādūcifera, neuter cādūciferum)
Classical[kaːˈduː.kɪ.fɛr]Ecclesiastical[kaˈduː.t͡ʃi.fer]
Meaning
- adjectivebearing a herald's staff
- adjectivean epithet for Mercury
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | in -er cādūcifer | cādūcifera | cādūciferum |
| genitive | cādūciferī | cādūciferae | cādūciferī |
| dative | cādūciferō | cādūciferae | cādūciferō |
| accusative | cādūciferum | cādūciferam | cādūciferum |
| ablative | cādūciferō | cādūciferā | cādūciferō |
| vocative | cādūcifer | cādūcifera | cādūciferum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | cādūciferī | cādūciferae | cādūcifera |
| genitive | cādūciferōrum | cādūciferārum | cādūciferōrum |
| dative | cādūciferīs | cādūciferīs | cādūciferīs |
| accusative | cādūciferōs | cādūciferās | cādūcifera |
| ablative | cādūciferīs | cādūciferīs | cādūciferīs |
| vocative | cādūciferī | cādūciferae | cādūcifera |
cādūcĭfer, fĕra, fĕrum, adj. caduceusfero,
I. bearing a herald's staff, an epithet of Mercury in Ovid:
Atlantiades, Ov. M. 8, 627; and absol., id. ib. 2, 708; id. F. 4, 605; 5, 449.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
cādūcifer ī, adj. m
caduceus + 1 FER-, bearing a herald's staff: Atlantiades, Mercury, O.—As subst, Mercury, O.
Origins
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 cādūcifer From cādūceum (“caduceus”) + -fer.