aerĭfer (trisyl.), fĕra, fĕrum, adj. [aes-fero],
bearing copper or bronze , i. e. bronze cymbals , of the attendants of Bacchus: manus, Ov. F. 3, 740.
aerifer fera, ferum, adj.,bearing bronze, i. e. carrying cymbals (once): manus, O. ...
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