deifer

deifer

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dyew-
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *deywós
Proto-Italic *deiwos
Old Latin deivosder.
Latin deus
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *bʰorós
Proto-Italic *-foros
Latin -fer
Latin deifer

    From deus (“god”) + -fer.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    deifer (feminine deifera, neuter deiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

    1. (Late Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) bearing a god, or God, in one's self

    Declension

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

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative deifer deifera deiferum deiferī deiferae deifera
    genitive deiferī deiferae deiferī deiferōrum deiferārum deiferōrum
    dative deiferō deiferae deiferō deiferīs
    accusative deiferum deiferam deiferum deiferōs deiferās deifera
    ablative deiferō deiferā deiferō deiferīs
    vocative deifer deifera deiferum deiferī deiferae deifera

    References

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