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

salūtifer

salūtifer (feminine salūtifera, neuter salūtiferum)
Classical[saˈɫuː.tɪ.fɛr]Ecclesiastical[saˈluː.ti.fer]

Meaning

  1. adjectivehealth-bringing, healing, salubrious
  2. adjectivesalvific

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativein -er
salūtifer		salūtiferasalūtiferum
genitivesalūtiferīsalūtiferaesalūtiferī
dativesalūtiferōsalūtiferaesalūtiferō
accusativesalūtiferumsalūtiferamsalūtiferum
ablativesalūtiferōsalūtiferāsalūtiferō
vocativesalūtifersalūtiferasalūtiferum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesalūtiferīsalūtiferaesalūtifera
genitivesalūtiferōrumsalūtiferārumsalūtiferōrum
dativesalūtiferīssalūtiferīssalūtiferīs
accusativesalūtiferōssalūtiferāssalūtifera
ablativesalūtiferīssalūtiferīssalūtiferīs
vocativesalūtiferīsalūtiferaesalūtifera

sălūtĭfer, fĕra, fĕrum, adj. salus-fero (poet. for salubris),
I. health-bringing, healing, salubrious: totique salutifer orbi Cresce, puer, dicit, Ov. M. 2, 642; so, anguis Urbi, id. ib. 15, 744; 15, 632: herbae animantibus, Stat. Achill. 1, 117: aquae, Mart. 5, 1, 6; Ov. H. 21, 174: salutiferā potione pestem veneni exstinguere, App. M. 10, p. 251, 29; Aug. in Psa. 118, Serm. 26, 4: verba, Alcim. 4, 225.

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 salūtifer From salūs (“health”) + -fer.

In English words that came into English from salūtifer

  • salutiferoussalūtifer

Quick answers

What does salūtifer mean in Latin?
salūtifer, a adjective, means “health-bringing, healing, salubrious; salvific”.
How do you pronounce salūtifer?
In classical Latin, [saˈɫuː.tɪ.fɛr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [saˈluː.ti.fer].