"mortifer" meaning in Latin

See mortifer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈmor.ti.fer/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈmɔrt̪ɪfɛr] [Classical-Latin], /ˈmor.ti.fer/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈmɔrt̪ifer] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From mors (“death”) + -fer (“-carrying”), literally “death-bearing”. Calque of Ancient Greek θανατηφόρος (thanatēphóros). Etymology templates: {{suffix|la|mors|fer|t1=death|t2=-carrying}} mors (“death”) + -fer (“-carrying”), {{calque|la|grc|θανατηφόρος}} Calque of Ancient Greek θανατηφόρος (thanatēphóros) Head templates: {{la-adj|mortifer}} mortifer (feminine mortifera, neuter mortiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er) Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|mortifer}} Forms: mortifera [feminine], mortiferum [neuter], in -er [masculine, nominative, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], mortifer [masculine, nominative, singular], mortifera [feminine, nominative, singular], mortiferum [neuter, nominative, singular], mortiferī [masculine, nominative, plural], mortiferae [feminine, nominative, plural], mortifera [neuter, nominative, plural], mortiferī [genitive, masculine, singular], mortiferae [feminine, genitive, singular], mortiferī [genitive, neuter, singular], mortiferōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], mortiferārum [feminine, genitive, plural], mortiferōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], mortiferō [dative, masculine, singular], mortiferae [dative, feminine, singular], mortiferō [dative, neuter, singular], mortiferīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], mortiferum [accusative, masculine, singular], mortiferam [accusative, feminine, singular], mortiferum [accusative, neuter, singular], mortiferōs [accusative, masculine, plural], mortiferās [accusative, feminine, plural], mortifera [accusative, neuter, plural], mortiferō [ablative, masculine, singular], mortiferā [ablative, feminine, singular], mortiferō [ablative, neuter, singular], mortiferīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], mortifer [masculine, singular, vocative], mortifera [feminine, singular, vocative], mortiferum [neuter, singular, vocative], mortiferī [masculine, plural, vocative], mortiferae [feminine, plural, vocative], mortifera [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. deadly, fatal, lethal Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2 Categories (topical): Death Synonyms: mortiferus

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "1": "mortifer"
      },
      "expansion": "mortifer (feminine mortifera, neuter mortiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mortifer"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 3-syllable words",
        "Latin adjectives",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin first and second declension adjectives",
        "Latin first and second declension adjectives with nominative masculine singular in -er",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin terms calqued from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms suffixed with -fer",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "la:Death"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "And if they drink anything deadly it shall not harm them.",
          "ref": "Gospel of Mark, Vulgate, from 16:18",
          "text": "Et sī mortiferum quid biberint nōn eōs nocēbit."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "deadly, fatal, lethal"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "deadly",
          "deadly"
        ],
        [
          "fatal",
          "fatal"
        ],
        [
          "lethal",
          "lethal"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmor.ti.fer/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɔrt̪ɪfɛr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmor.ti.fer/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɔrt̪ifer]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "mortiferus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mortifer"
}

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