filix

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain, but possibly via Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon) from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-, the same source as folium, Old Armenian բողբոջ (bołboǰ) and English blossom.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfi.liks/, [ˈfɪ.lɪks]

Noun

filix f (genitive filicis); third declension

  1. fern

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative filix filicēs
Genitive filicis filicum
Dative filicī filicibus
Accusative filicem filicēs
Ablative filice filicibus
Vocative filix filicēs

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Romanian: ferigă
  • Romansh: felisch
  • Sardinian: fíbixi, fíliche, fírigu
  • Sicilian: fìlici
  • Venetian: féłese, féles, félse
  • Walloon: fetchire

References
  • filix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • filix in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • filix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  1. Munchener Studien zur Sprachwissenschaft, Volumes 44-46
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