glacies

Latin

Etymology

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

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡla.ki.eːs/, [ˈɡɫ̪äkieːs̠]
• (modern Italianate 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

• Aromanian: gljets
• Asturian: llaz
• Catalan: glaç
• Dalmatian: glaz, glas
• English: glacier
• French: glace
• Friulian: glace, glaç
• Galician: lazo
• Istriot: giaso
• Istro-Romanian: gľåțĕ

• Italian: ghiaccio, ghiaccia
• Norman: gliaiche
• Megleno-Romanian: gľeț
• Occitan: glaç, glaça
• Piedmontese giassa
• Romanian: gheață
• Romansch: glatsch
• Sicilian: ghiacciu, ghiazzu
• Venetian: giaso, jazo

References

• “glacies”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, 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.