ensifer

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ēnsifer (“sword-bearing”). === Noun === ensifer (uncountable) (microbiology) A member of the genus Ensifer, of the bacteria family Rhizobiaceae. ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === Feiners, enfires, ferines, refines, sin-free, fineers == Latin == === Alternative forms === ēnsiger === Etymology === From ēnsis (“sword”) +‎ -fer (“-carrying”). Compare Ancient Greek ξιφήρης (xiphḗrēs). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈẽː.sɪ.fɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛn.si.fer] === Adjective === ēnsifer (feminine ēnsifera, neuter ēnsiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er) with a sword, wearing a sword, sword-bearing (especially as an epithet of Orion) 1835. M. Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia (ed. Carolus Hermannus Weise) book 1, line 663 (3.61): ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er). === Noun === ēnsifer m (genitive ēnsiferī); second declension sword-bearer ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er). === References === “ensĭfer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "ENSIFERI", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “ensĭfĕr (-ger)”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 590/3. M. Annaeus Lucanus (1835) Pharsalia (poem).[1] “ensifer” on page 609/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82) Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “ensifer”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 375/1 Glossary of Latin Words, Bible History Online. (File retrieved 10-19-07)[2]