filix

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain, but possibly via Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon) from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-, the same source as folium, Old Armenian բողբոջ (bołboǰ) and English blossom.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.liks/, [ˈfɪlʲɪks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.liks/, [ˈfiːliks]

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

• filicātus
• filictum
• filicula

Descendants

• Aromanian: fearicã
• Catalan: falguera
• French: fougère
• Galician: felgo, felga, folgueira
• Italian: felce
• Occitan: falguièra
• Portuguese: felga, felgueira

• Romanian: ferigă
• Romansch: felisch
• Sardinian: fíbixi, fíliche, fírigu
• Sicilian: fìlici
• Venetian: féłese, féles, félse
• Walloon: fetchire

References

• “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.