sensifer

Forms

sēnsifer (feminine sēnsifera, neuter sēnsiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin sēnsus (“feeling, sensation”) + -fer (“bearing”).^[2][1][3] Köbler derives the second part from ferō (“to bear, carry”).^[4]

Earliest recorded meaning

It is found in Lucretius,^[4] who uses it of the motions that carry sensation (sēnsiferī mōtūs).^[5][6]

Semantic evolution

The dictionaries quote it only from three passages in the third book of Lucretius, all of the motions in the body that produce sensation.^[6][3][5]

Timeline

• 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of the motions that bring sensation.^[6][4]

Meanings

Adjective

1. Producing or carrying sensation.^[2][6][5]

Related words

• sēnsus

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
4. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
5. ^ a b c Conte, Gian Biagio; Pianezzola, Emilio; Ranucci, Giuliano (2010), il Latino: Vocabolario della lingua latina, 3rd ed., Florence: Le Monnier
6. ^ a b c d Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press