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Afer
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A′fer
,Noun.
[L.]
The southwest wind.
Milton.
Definition 2024
Afer
Afer
Latin
Adjective
Āfer m (feminine Āfra, neuter Āfrum); first/second declension
Declension
First/second declension, nominative masculine singular in -er.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | Āfer | Āfra | Āfrum | Āfrī | Āfrae | Āfra | |
| genitive | Āfrī | Āfrae | Āfrī | Āfrōrum | Āfrārum | Āfrōrum | |
| dative | Āfrō | Āfrō | Āfrīs | ||||
| accusative | Āfrum | Āfram | Āfrum | Āfrōs | Āfrās | Āfra | |
| ablative | Āfrō | Āfrā | Āfrō | Āfrīs | |||
| vocative | Āfer | Āfra | Āfrum | Āfrī | Āfrae | Āfra | |
Proper noun
Āfer m (genitive Āfrī); second declension
- (Roman Republic) a Carthaginian
- (Roman Empire) cognomen applied to a native of the province of Africa
Declension
Second declension, nominative singular in -er.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Āfer | Āfrī |
| genitive | Āfrī | Āfrōrum |
| dative | Āfrō | Āfrīs |
| accusative | Āfrum | Āfrōs |
| ablative | Āfrō | Āfrīs |
| vocative | Āfer1 | Āfrī |
1May also be Āfre.
Derived terms
- Africus
- Africanus
- Africa
References
- Afer in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Afer in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Afer”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.