adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
umbrifer
umbrifer (feminine umbrifera, neuter umbriferum)
Classical[ˈʊm.brɪ.fɛr]Ecclesiastical[ˈum.bri.fer]
Meaning
- adjectiveshade-bringing, shade-giving, casting a shadow, shady
- adjectivebearing or carrying the shades of the dead
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | in -er umbrifer | umbrifera | umbriferum |
| genitive | umbriferī | umbriferae | umbriferī |
| dative | umbriferō | umbriferae | umbriferō |
| accusative | umbriferum | umbriferam | umbriferum |
| ablative | umbriferō | umbriferā | umbriferō |
| vocative | umbrifer | umbrifera | umbriferum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | umbriferī | umbriferae | umbrifera |
| genitive | umbriferōrum | umbriferārum | umbriferōrum |
| dative | umbriferīs | umbriferīs | umbriferīs |
| accusative | umbriferōs | umbriferās | umbrifera |
| ablative | umbriferīs | umbriferīs | umbriferīs |
| vocative | umbriferī | umbriferae | umbrifera |
umbrĭfĕr, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. umbra-fero.
I. Shade-bringing, shade-giving, casting a shade, shady:
platanus, Cic. poët. Div. 2. 30, 63: nemus, Verg. A. 6, 473: rupes, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 11: Academia, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 13, 22.—II. (Acc. to umbra, I. B. 2.) Bearing or carrying the shades of the dead:
linter, Albin. 1, 427: undae, Stat. Th. 8, 18: fundus, id. ib. 1, 57.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
umbrifer era, erum, adj.
umbra+1 FER-, shade-bringing, casting shade, shady : platanus, C. poët.: nemus, 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 umbrifer From umbra (“shadow”) + -fer (“-bearing”).
Descendants
- Englishumbriferous
- Italianombrifero
In English words that came into English from umbrifer
- umbriferousumbrifer