Afer
Latin
Etymology
From a Punic endonym for the Carthaginians and their land. Related to Punic 𐤏𐤐𐤓 (ʿpr /ʿafar/, “dust”) akin to Biblical Hebrew עָפָר (ʿāp̄ār, “dust”). Flavius Josephus derived the ethnonym from the name of Abraham's grandson, Epher.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaː.fɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.fer]
Adjective
Āfer (feminine Āfra, neuter Āfrum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | Āfer | Āfra | Āfrum | Āfrī | Āfrae | Āfra | |
| genitive | Āfrī | Āfrae | Āfrī | Āfrōrum | Āfrārum | Āfrōrum | |
| dative | Āfrō | Āfrae | 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:
- Publius Terentius Afer, a Roman playwright
Declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Āfer | Āfrī |
| genitive | Āfrī | Āfrōrum |
| dative | Āfrō | Āfrīs |
| accusative | Āfrum | Āfrōs |
| ablative | Āfrō | Āfrīs |
| vocative | Āfer | Āfrī |
Derived terms
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
- “Afer”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.