filius

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From earlier (Old Latin) *fēlios < Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁y-li-os (“‘sucker’”), a derivation from the verbal root *dʰeh₁(y)- (“‘to suck’”), whence also Latin fēmina.

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[edit] Noun

fīlius (genitive fīliī); m, second declension

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

[edit] Inflection

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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