ulex

See also: Ulex

Latin

Etymology

Word mentioned by Pliny when describing gold mining in northwestern Iberia. Probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

Noun

ulex m (genitive ulīcis); third declension

A shrub similar to rosemary

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ulex	ulīcēs
Genitive	ulīcis	ulīcum
Dative	ulīcī	ulīcibus
Accusative	ulīcem	ulīcēs
Ablative	ulīce	ulīcibus
Vocative	ulex	ulīcēs

Descendants

Galician: uz
Old Portuguese: ulze
- Portuguese: urze
Spanish: urce
Translingual: Ulex

References

“ulex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ulex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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