pacifer

Latin

Etymology

From pāx (“peace”) +‎ -fer (“-carrying”). See also -fer.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpaː.ki.fer/, [ˈpäːkɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.t͡ʃi.fer/, [ˈpäːt͡ʃifer]

Adjective

pācifer (feminine pācifera, neuter pāciferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. peace-bringing, peaceful, pacific; something that makes peace, something that announces peace
   • 29–19 BC, Virgil, Aeneid, book VIII

     Audax quos rumpere Pallas sacra vetat raptoque volat telo obvius ipse et procul e tumulo: “Iuvenes, quae causa subegit ignotas temptare vias, quo tenditis?” inquit. “Qui genus? Unde domo? Pacemne huc fertis an arma?” Tum pater Aeneas puppi sic fatur ab alta paciferaeque manu ramum praetendit olivae: “Troiugenas ac tela vides inimica Latinis, quos illi bello profugos egere superbo. Euandrum petimus. Ferte haec et dicite lectos Dardaniae venisse duces socia arma rogantis.”

     But dauntless Pallas bade them give not o'er the sacred festival, and spear in hand flew forward to a bit of rising ground, and cried from far: “Hail, warriors! what cause drives you to lands unknown, and whither bound? Your kin, your country? Bring ye peace or war?” Father Aeneas then held forth a bough of peaceful olive from the lofty ship, thus answering : “Men Trojan-born are we, foes of the Latins, who have driven us forth with insolent assault. We fain would see Evander. Pray, deliver this, and say that chosen princes of Dardania sue for his help in arms.”

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	pācifer	pācifera	pāciferum		pāciferī	pāciferae	pācifera
genitive	pāciferī	pāciferae	pāciferī		pāciferōrum	pāciferārum	pāciferōrum
dative	pāciferō	pāciferae	pāciferō		pāciferīs
accusative	pāciferum	pāciferam	pāciferum		pāciferōs	pāciferās	pācifera
ablative	pāciferō	pāciferā	pāciferō		pāciferīs
vocative	pācifer	pācifera	pāciferum		pāciferī	pāciferae	pācifera

Related terms

• pācālis
• pācātē
• pācātiō
• pācātor
• pācātōrius
• pācātum
• pācātus
• pācificātiō
• pācificātor
• pācificātōrius
• pācificē
• pācificō
• pācificus
• pācō
• pāx

References

• “pacifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pacifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pacifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.