salix

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Etymology

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From Salix, the genus name. Doublet of sallow.

Noun

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salix (plural salixes or salices)

  1. Any member of the genus Salix; a willow.

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *sl̥H-ik- (willow). Cognate with Old Irish sail, Welsh helygen, Breton halegen (willow), Cornish helyk, Old English sealh, English sallow.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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salix f (genitive salicis); third declension

  1. willow
  2. a willow branch

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative salix salicēs
Genitive salicis salicum
Dative salicī salicibus
Accusative salicem salicēs
Ablative salice salicibus
Vocative salix salicēs

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • salix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • salix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • salix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 536