anguifer

== Latin == === Etymology === anguis (“snake”) +‎ -fer. Calque of Ancient Greek ὀφιοῦχος (ophioûkhos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaŋ.ɡʷɪ.fɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaŋ.ɡʷi.fer] === Adjective === anguifer (feminine anguifera, neuter anguiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er) serpent-bearing ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er). === Noun === anguifer m (genitive anguiferī); second declension the constellation Ophiuchus ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er). === References === “anguifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “anguifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers