adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
fātifer
fātifer (feminine fātifera, neuter fātiferum)
Classical[ˈfaː.tɪ.fɛr]Ecclesiastical[ˈfaː.ti.fer]
Meaning
- adjectivethat brings death, deadly
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quī fātum, id est mortem, fertfātifer -era -erum — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 13
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | in -er fātifer | fātifera | fātiferum |
| genitive | fātiferī | fātiferae | fātiferī |
| dative | fātiferō | fātiferae | fātiferō |
| accusative | fātiferum | fātiferam | fātiferum |
| ablative | fātiferō | fātiferā | fātiferō |
| vocative | fātifer | fātifera | fātiferum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | fātiferī | fātiferae | fātifera |
| genitive | fātiferōrum | fātiferārum | fātiferōrum |
| dative | fātiferīs | fātiferīs | fātiferīs |
| accusative | fātiferōs | fātiferās | fātifera |
| ablative | fātiferīs | fātiferīs | fātiferīs |
| vocative | fātiferī | fātiferae | fātifera |
fātĭfer, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. fatum-fero,
I. that brings death, death-dealing, deadly, destructive (poet.):
sonat unā fatifer arcus, Verg. A. 9, 631: ensis, id. ib. 8, 621; Ov. M. 12, 492: ferrum, id. ib. 6, 251: Mavors, id. Am. 3, 3, 27.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
fātifer fera, ferum, adj.
fatum+1 FER-, that brings death, death-dealing, destructive : arcus, V.: ferrum, 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 fātifer From fātum (“fate”) + -fer (“-bearing”).