pestifer, pestifera, pestiferum:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 2nd · comparison: positive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
pestilential; destructive;
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | pestifer | pestiferi |
| Gen. | pestiferi | pestiferorum |
| Dat. | pestifero | — |
| Acc. | pestiferum | pestiferos |
| Voc. | pestifer | pestiferi |
| Abl. | pestifero | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | pestifera | pestiferae |
| Gen. | pestiferae | pestiferarum |
| Dat. | pestiferae | — |
| Acc. | pestiferam | pestiferas |
| Voc. | pestifera | pestiferae |
| Abl. | pestifera | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | pestiferum | pestifera |
| Gen. | pestiferi | pestiferorum |
| Dat. | pestifero | — |
| Acc. | pestiferum | pestifera |
| Voc. | pestiferum | pestifera |
| Abl. | pestifero | — |
Examples
XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...ante traditos divinitus mitiores cibos contra famem obiecerunt, pestifer annus reliquisset! non eram delicatus. sed o tristis recordatio..."Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...sanguine leniat umbras, inpietate pia est. nam postquam pestifer ignis convaluit, 'rogus iste cremet mea viscera' dixit, utque..."Liber V
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...ambitu, specie maris, sapore corruptior, gravitate odoris accolis pestifer, neque vento impellitur neque piscis aut suetas aquis volucris..."