"filix" meaning in Latin

See filix in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈfɪ.lɪks] [Classical-Latin], [ˈfiː.liks] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *feleks, *feliks, likely from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“henbane”) + -ix, a suffix akin to -ex found in other plant names (compare cārex (“sedge”), rumex (“sorrel”)). De Vaan posits that -ix is early, not a result of vowel assimilation at the Latin stage. Cognate to Welsh bele, Russian белена́ (belená), Czech blín, Middle Dutch bilse, Old English belene, German Bilsenkraut all meaning "henbane"; henbane stems are feathered like fern leaves, and both plants have medicinal properties. Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*bʰel-|id=henbane}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro||*feleks}} Proto-Italic *feleks, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*bʰel-||henbane|id=henbane}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“henbane”), {{af|la|-ex}} -ex, {{cog|cy|bele}} Welsh bele, {{cog|ru|белена́}} Russian белена́ (belená), {{cog|cs|blín}} Czech blín, {{cog|dum|bilse}} Middle Dutch bilse, {{cog|ang|belene}} Old English belene, {{cog|de|Bilsenkraut}} German Bilsenkraut Head templates: {{la-noun|filix<3>|g=f}} filix f (genitive filicis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|filix<3>}} Forms: filicis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], filix [nominative, singular], filicēs [nominative, plural], filicis [genitive, singular], filicum [genitive, plural], filicī [dative, singular], filicibus [dative, plural], filicem [accusative, singular], filicēs [accusative, plural], filice [ablative, singular], filicibus [ablative, plural], filix [singular, vocative], filicēs [plural, vocative], felix [alternative]
  1. fern Tags: declension-3, feminine Derived forms: filicātus, filictum, filicula, *filicāria

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang_code": "la",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "*filicaria"
    },
    {
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          "lang_code": "ca",
          "word": "falzilla"
        },
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          "lang_code": "it",
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          ],
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        }
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    },
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "belene"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Bilsenkraut"
      },
      "expansion": "German Bilsenkraut",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "filicī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "filicibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "filicem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "filicēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "filice",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "filicibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "filix",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      ]
    }
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        "g": "f"
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "filix<3>"
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      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -ex",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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        },
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          "orig": "la:Plants",
          "parents": [],
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        }
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        {
          "word": "filicātus"
        },
        {
          "word": "filictum"
        },
        {
          "word": "filicula"
        },
        {
          "word": "*filicāria"
        }
      ],
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        "fern"
      ],
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        [
          "fern",
          "fern"
        ]
      ],
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        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfɪ.lɪks]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfiː.liks]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "filix"
}
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    {
      "word": "filicātus"
    },
    {
      "word": "filictum"
    },
    {
      "word": "filicula"
    },
    {
      "word": "*filicāria"
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "lang_code": "la",
      "raw_tags": [
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "lang_code": "ca",
          "word": "falzilla"
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          ],
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        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
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    },
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            "borrowed"
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    }
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      },
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      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "bele"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh bele",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "белена́"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian белена́ (belená)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cs",
        "2": "blín"
      },
      "expansion": "Czech blín",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "bilse"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch bilse",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "belene"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English belene",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Bilsenkraut"
      },
      "expansion": "German Bilsenkraut",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *feleks, *feliks, likely from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“henbane”) + -ix, a suffix akin to -ex found in other plant names (compare cārex (“sedge”), rumex (“sorrel”)). De Vaan posits that -ix is early, not a result of vowel assimilation at the Latin stage.\nCognate to Welsh bele, Russian белена́ (belená), Czech blín, Middle Dutch bilse, Old English belene, German Bilsenkraut all meaning \"henbane\"; henbane stems are feathered like fern leaves, and both plants have medicinal properties.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "filicis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "filix",
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      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "filicis",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "filicum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "filicī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "filicibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "filicem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "filicēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "filice",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "filicibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "filix",
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      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "filicēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "filix<3>",
        "g": "f"
      },
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "filix<3>"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin feminine nouns",
        "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰel- (henbane)",
        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms suffixed with -ex",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin third declension nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "la:Plants"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fern"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fern",
          "fern"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfɪ.lɪks]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfiː.liks]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "filix"
}

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