signifer

English

Etymology

From Latin signifer , from signum (“sign”) + ferre (“to bear”).

Adjective

signifer (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Bearing signs.
    • Holland
      the signifer sphere, or zodiac

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for signifer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From signum (“sign”) +‎ -fer (“carrying”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsiɡ.ni.fer/, [ˈsɪŋ.nɪ.fɛr]

Adjective

signifer (feminine signifera, neuter signiferum); first/second declension

  1. sign-bearing, image-bearing,
  2. bearing the heavenly signs or constellations, starry
  3. (substantive) the sky, heavens
  4. (substantive) a standard-bearer, sign-bearer, ensign
    "sed signifer sanctus Michael repraesentet eas in lucem sanctam." (But may the sign-bearer, Saint Michael, lead them into the holy light)
  5. (substantive) leader, head, chief

Inflection

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

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative signifer signifera signiferum signiferī signiferae signifera
genitive signiferī signiferae signiferī signiferōrum signiferārum signiferōrum
dative signiferō signiferō signiferīs
accusative signiferum signiferam signiferum signiferōs signiferās signifera
ablative signiferō signiferā signiferō signiferīs
vocative signifer signifera signiferum signiferī signiferae signifera

References

  • signifer in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • signifer in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • signifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the zodiac: orbis signifer
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