salix

See also: Salix

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Salix, the genus name.

Noun

salix (plural salixes or salices)

  1. Any member of the genus Salix; a willow.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *saləḱ-, *salək- (“willow”)

Cognate with Middle Irish sail, Welsh helygen, Breton halegen (“willow”), Cornish helyk, Old English sealh, English sallow.

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

Noun

salix f (genitive salicis); third declension

  1. willow
  2. a willow branch

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative salix salicēs
Genitive salicis salicum
Dative salicī salicibus
Accusative salicem salicēs
Ablative salice salicibus
Vocative salix salicēs

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • salix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • salix in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • salix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 536
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