salix

See also: Salix

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Salix, the genus name.

Noun

salix (plural salixes or salices)

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

Anagrams

• Lasix, axils

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *saləḱ-, *salək- (“willow”)

Cognate with Middle Irish sail, Welsh helygen, Breton halegen (“willow”), Cornish helyk, Old English sealh, English sallow.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.liks/, [ˈs̠älʲɪks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.liks/, [ˈsäːliks]

Noun

salix f (genitive salicis); third declension

1. willow
2. a willow branch

Declension

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

• salicastrum
• salicīnus
• salictum

Descendants

• Albanian: shelg
• Aromanian: saltsi, saltse
• Asturian: salce
• Catalan: salze
• English: salicylic, salicet
• Galician: salgueiro
• Italian: salice, salce

• Occitan: sause
• Portuguese: salgueiro
• Romanian: salcie, salce
• Sardinian: sabixi, saighi, sagili, saliche
• Spanish: sauce, salce
• Translingual: Salix

References

• “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