ulex

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

ulex m (genitive ulīcis); third declension

  1. A shrub similar to rosemary

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

  • Old Galician-Portuguese: ulze
  • Spanish: urce
  • Translingual: Ulex

References[edit]

  • “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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