adjective

ignĭfer

fem. ignĭfĕra · neut. ignĭfĕrum

ignis-fero

fire-bearing; fiery poetic

fire-bearing, fiery (poet.).

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Lit.: aether, Lucr. 5, 459; 490: fulmen, id. 6, 379: lampades, id. 2, 25: axis, Ov. M. 2, 59: sidus, Prud. ap. Symm. 2, 1027: tauri, Val. Fl. 8, 342.—*

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Trop.: ignifero mentes furiabat in iram Hortatu, Sil. 17, 294.

Perseus ID: n21395 Key: ignifer