gemmifer

== Latin == === Etymology === From gemma (“gem”) +‎ -fer (“-carrying”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡɛm.mɪ.fɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd͡ʒɛm.mi.fer] Hyphenation: gem‧mi‧fer === Adjective === gemmifer (feminine gemmifera, neuter gemmiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er) (poetic and in post-Augustan prose) gem-bearing (bearing gems; containing gems; producing gems) (figurative) brilliant, sparkling (vivacious) ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er). === References === “gemmifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “gemmifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “gemmifer”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. === Further reading === R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “gemmifer”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC