filius

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Etymology [edit]

Old Latin *fēlios, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁y-li-os (“sucker”), a derivation from the verbal root *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck”). Related to fēmina, fellō, fētus, Old English delu (“nipple, teat”), Old English dēon (“to suck, suckle”), Old Armenian դալ (dal). More at doe.

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Noun [edit]

fīlius (genitive fīliī); m, second declension

  1. a son
    Ubi est noster filius?
    Where is our son?
  2. (by extension) any male descendant
  3. (in the plural) children

Inflection [edit]

Number Singular Plural
nominative fīlius fīliī
genitive fīliī/fīlī fīliōrum
dative fīliō fīliīs
accusative fīlium fīliōs
ablative fīliō fīliīs
vocative fīlī fīliī

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