glacies

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).

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Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡla.ki.eːs/, [ˈɡɫ̪äkieːs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡla.t͡ʃi.es/, [ˈɡläːt͡ʃies]

Noun

glaciēs f (genitive glaciēī); fifth declension

1. ice
2. (figuratively) hardness

Declension

Fifth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	glaciēs	glaciēs
Genitive	glaciēī	glaciērum
Dative	glaciēī	glaciēbus
Accusative	glaciem	glaciēs
Ablative	glaciē	glaciēbus
Vocative	glaciēs	glaciēs

Related terms

• glaciālis
• glaciō
• glaciārium

Descendants

Several forms reflect a reassignment to the first or second declension (as if *glacia, *glacius):

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: gljets
  • Istro-Romanian: gľåțĕ
  • Megleno-Romanian: gľeț
  • Romanian: gheață
• Dalmatian:
  • glaz, glas
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: ghiaccio, ghiaccia
  • Sicilian: ghiacciu, ghiazzu
• Padanian:
  • Friulian: glace, glaç
  • Istriot: giaso
  • Piedmontese: giassa
  • Romansch: glatsch ⇒ glatscher
    • → German: Gletscher
  • Venetian: giaso, jazo
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • ⇒ Franco-Provençal: glacier
    • → French: glacier
      • → English: glacier
  • French: glace
  • Norman: gliaiche
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: glaç
  • Occitan: glaç, glaça
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: llaz
  • Galician: lazo

References

• “glacies”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• “glacies”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• glacies in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette