rorifer

rorifer

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁rṓs
Proto-Italic *rōs
Latin rōs
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *bʰorós
Proto-Italic *-foros
Latin -fer
Latin rōrifer

    From rōs (“dew”) + -fer.

    Adjective

    rōrifer (feminine rōrifera, neuter rōriferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

    1. which brings or spreads dew, dew-bringing

    Declension

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

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative rōrifer rōrifera rōriferum rōriferī rōriferae rōrifera
    genitive rōriferī rōriferae rōriferī rōriferōrum rōriferārum rōriferōrum
    dative rōriferō rōriferae rōriferō rōriferīs
    accusative rōriferum rōriferam rōriferum rōriferōs rōriferās rōrifera
    ablative rōriferō rōriferā rōriferō rōriferīs
    vocative rōrifer rōrifera rōriferum rōriferī rōriferae rōrifera

    Descendants

    • → English: roriferous
    • → French: rorifère

    References

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