adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
pestifer
pestifer (feminine pestifera, neuter pestiferum)
Classical[ˈpɛs.tɪ.fɛr]Ecclesiastical[ˈpɛs.ti.fer]
Meaning
- adjectivepestilential
- adjectivedestructive, fatal
- adjectivebaleful, noxious, pernicious, pestiferous
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | in -er pestifer | pestifera | pestiferum |
| genitive | pestiferī | pestiferae | pestiferī |
| dative | pestiferō | pestiferae | pestiferō |
| accusative | pestiferum | pestiferam | pestiferum |
| ablative | pestiferō | pestiferā | pestiferō |
| vocative | pestifer | pestifera | pestiferum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pestiferī | pestiferae | pestifera |
| genitive | pestiferōrum | pestiferārum | pestiferōrum |
| dative | pestiferīs | pestiferīs | pestiferīs |
| accusative | pestiferōs | pestiferās | pestifera |
| ablative | pestiferīs | pestiferīs | pestiferīs |
| vocative | pestiferī | pestiferae | pestifera |
pestĭfer and (rarely, Cels. 2, 6) pes-tĭfĕrus, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. pestis-fero.
I. Bringing pestilence, pestilential:
odor, Liv. 25, 26, 11.—II. In gen., that brings destruction, destructive, baleful, noxious, pernicious, pestiferous (class.):
res pestiferae et nocentes, Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120: accessus ad res salutares, a pestiferis recessus, id. ib. 2, 12, 34: acutus et pestifer morbus, Cels. 4, 1, 1: sudor, id. 2, 6: aquae, Val. Fl. 4, 594: ignis, Ov. M. 8, 477: fames, id. ib. 8, 784: fauces, Verg. A. 7, 570: aër, Col. 10, 331: bellum, Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1: bella civilia, id. Off. 1, 25, 86: Antonii pestifer reditus, id. Phil. 3, 2, 3: homo, Vulg. Act. 24, 5: pestiferum fulgur dicitur, quo mors exsiliumve significari solet, Fest. p. 210 Müll.; cf.: pestifera quae mortem aut exsilium ostendunt, id. p. 245 ib.—Subst.: pestĭfer, ĕri, m., a mischievous person, Vulg. Ecclus. 11, 35.—Adv.: pestĭfĕrĕ, balefully, pestiferously (rare but class.), Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13; Hilar. Trin. 7, 3.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
pestifer era, erum, adj.
pestis+1 FER-, destructive, baleful, noxious, pernicious, pestilential : civis: contio: vipera: odor corporum, sickening , L.: fames, O.: fauces, V.
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 pestifer From pestis (“disease, pest”) + -fer (“carrying”).
In English words that came into English from pestifer
- pestiferouspestifer