ensifer

See also: Ensifer

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēnsifer (“sword-bearing”).

Noun

ensifer (uncountable)

  1. (microbiology) A member of the genus Ensifer, the bacteria family of Rhizobiaceae.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From ēnsis (“sword”) +‎ -fer (“-carrying”).

Orion depicted as an ensifer (sword-bearer), Uranometria, 1603

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈen.si.fer/, [ˈẽː.sɪ.fɛr]

Adjective

ēnsifer (feminine ēnsifera, neuter ēnsiferum); first/second declension

  1. sword-bearing
  2. (substantive) sword-bearer
  3. (substantive) one name of the constellation Orion (like the Ancient Greek ξιφήρης (xiphḗrēs))
    • 1835. M. Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia (ed. Carolus Hermannus Weise) book 1, line 663 (3.61):
      Ensiferi nimium fulget latus Orionis ?

Declension

First/second declension, nominative masculine singular in -er.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative ēnsifer ēnsifera ēnsiferum ēnsiferī ēnsiferae ēnsifera
genitive ēnsiferī ēnsiferae ēnsiferī ēnsiferōrum ēnsiferārum ēnsiferōrum
dative ēnsiferō ēnsiferō ēnsiferīs
accusative ēnsiferum ēnsiferam ēnsiferum ēnsiferōs ēnsiferās ēnsifera
ablative ēnsiferō ēnsiferā ēnsiferō ēnsiferīs
vocative ēnsifer ēnsifera ēnsiferum ēnsiferī ēnsiferae ēnsifera

References

  • ensĭfer in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ENSIFERI in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • ensĭfĕr (-ger) in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 590/3
  • M. Annaeus Lucanus (1835) Pharsalia (poem).
  • “ensifer” on page 609/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “ensifer”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (in Latin), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 375/1
  • Glossary of Latin Words, Bible History Online. (File retrieved 10-19-07)
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