filix

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Likely from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“henbane”) +‎ -ix / -ex, the suffix found in other plant-names, with vowel assimilation. Cognate to Welsh bele, Russian белена́ (belená), Czech blín, Middle Dutch bilse, Old English belene, German Bilsenkraut all meaning "henbane".

Pronunciation

Noun

filix f (genitive filicis); third declension

  1. fern

Declension

Third-declension noun.

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

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Aromanian: fearicã
  • Galician: felgo, felga
  • Interlingua: filice
  • Italian: felce
  • Portuguese: felga
  • Romanian: ferigă
  • Romansch: felisch
  • Sardinian: filiche, filighe, filixi, fibixi, fixibi
  • Sicilian: fìlici
  • Venetian: féłese, féles, félse
  • Walloon: fetchire
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *filicaria
  • ⇒ Late Latin: filicicula

References
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “filix”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Further reading
  • “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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