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

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

filicātus
filictum
filicula

Descendants

Aromanian: fearicã
Catalan: falguera
French: fougère
Galician: felgo, felga, folgueira
Italian: felce
Occitan: falguièra
Portuguese: felga, felgueira

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

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