adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
pācifer
pācifer (feminine pācifera, neuter pāciferum)
Classical[ˈpaː.kɪ.fɛr]Ecclesiastical[ˈpaː.t͡ʃi.fer]
Meaning
- adjectivepeace-bringing, peaceful, pacific; something that makes peace, something that announces peace
29–19 BC, Virgil, Aeneid, book VIII
But dauntless Pallas bade them give not o'er the sacred festival, and spear in hand flew forward to a bit of rising ground, and cried from far: “Hail, warriors! what cause drives you to lands unknown, and whither bound? Your kin, your country? Bring ye peace or war?” Father Aeneas then held forth a bough of peaceful olive from the lofty ship, thus answering : “Men Trojan-born are we, foes of the Latins, who have driven us forth with insolent assault. We fain would see Evander. Pray, deliver this, and say that chosen princes of Dardania sue for his help in arms.”
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | in -er pācifer | pācifera | pāciferum |
| genitive | pāciferī | pāciferae | pāciferī |
| dative | pāciferō | pāciferae | pāciferō |
| accusative | pāciferum | pāciferam | pāciferum |
| ablative | pāciferō | pāciferā | pāciferō |
| vocative | pācifer | pācifera | pāciferum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pāciferī | pāciferae | pācifera |
| genitive | pāciferōrum | pāciferārum | pāciferōrum |
| dative | pāciferīs | pāciferīs | pāciferīs |
| accusative | pāciferōs | pāciferās | pācifera |
| ablative | pāciferīs | pāciferīs | pāciferīs |
| vocative | pāciferī | pāciferae | pācifera |
Lewis & Short A Latin Dictionary, 1879
pācĭfer, fēra, fŏrum, adj. pax-fero,
I. peace-bringing, that makes or announces peace, peaceful, pacific (poet. and postclass.):
sermo, Luc. 3, 305: oliva, Verg. A. 8, 116: laurus, Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 133; of the same: virga, Val. Fl. 4, 139.—A frequent epithet of the gods; of Mercury: Cyllenius, Ov. M. 14, 291; so Inscr. Orell. 1411; of Jupiter, Inscr. Gud. 7, 7; of Mars, Inscr. Orell. 1353; of Apollo, Inscr. Grut. 38, 7; of Hercules, ib. 49, 1; 1013, 4; of Minerva, Inscr. Rein. cl. 1, 228; of Genius (perh. of Mercury), Inscr. Orell. 1412: Christus, Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 21.Origins
From pāx (“peace”) + -fer (“-carrying”). See also -fer.