infelix

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-

Latin fēlīx

Latin īnfēlīx

From in- + fēlīx (“happy, fortunate”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ĩːˈfeː.liːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iɱˈfɛː.liks]

Adjective

īnfēlīx (genitive īnfēlīcis, comparative īnfēlīcior, superlative īnfēlīcissimus, adverb īnfēlīciter); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. unhappy, unfortunate

   Synonyms: trīstis, maestus, aeger, miser

   Antonyms: laetus, alacer, vīvus, fēlīx

2. unlucky
3. unfruitful

   Synonyms: ingratus, gratuitus

4. causing misfortune

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	īnfēlīx			īnfēlīcēs	īnfēlīcia
genitive	īnfēlīcis			īnfēlīcium
dative	īnfēlīcī			īnfēlīcibus
accusative	īnfēlīcem	īnfēlīx		īnfēlīcīs īnfēlīcēs	īnfēlīcia
ablative	īnfēlīcī īnfēlīce			īnfēlīcibus
vocative	īnfēlīx			īnfēlīcēs	īnfēlīcia

Related terms

• īnfēlīcitās
• īnfēlīciter
• īnfēlīcitō

Descendants

• Italian: infelice
• Portuguese: infeliz
• Spanish: infeliz

References

• “infelix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “infelix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “infelix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.