umbrifer

Latin

Etymology

From umbra (“shadow”) +‎ -fer (“-bearing”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈum.bri.fer/, [ˈʊmbrɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈum.bri.fer/, [ˈumbrifer]

Adjective

umbrifer (feminine umbrifera, neuter umbriferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. shade-bringing, shade-giving, casting a shadow, shady
2. bearing or carrying the shades of the dead

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	umbrifer	umbrifera	umbriferum		umbriferī	umbriferae	umbrifera
genitive	umbriferī	umbriferae	umbriferī		umbriferōrum	umbriferārum	umbriferōrum
dative	umbriferō	umbriferae	umbriferō		umbriferīs
accusative	umbriferum	umbriferam	umbriferum		umbriferōs	umbriferās	umbrifera
ablative	umbriferō	umbriferā	umbriferō		umbriferīs
vocative	umbrifer	umbrifera	umbriferum		umbriferī	umbriferae	umbrifera

Descendants

• English: umbriferous
• Italian: ombrifero

References

• “umbrifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• umbrifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.