smilax

See also: Smilax

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From the genus name, New Latin Smilax.

Noun

smilax (plural smilaxes)

1. Any member of the Smilax genus of greenbriers.

Translations

plant genus Smilax

• German: Smilax, Stechwinden pl
• Persian: ازملک (fa) (azmalak)
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• Volapük: smilag

Anagrams

• laxism

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σμῖλαξ (smîlax).

Noun

smīlax f (genitive smīlacis); third declension

1. The greenbrier or sarsaparilla (vine of the genus Smilax)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	smīlax	smīlacēs
Genitive	smīlacis	smīlacum
Dative	smīlacī	smīlacibus
Accusative	smīlacem	smīlacēs
Ablative	smīlace	smīlacibus
Vocative	smīlax	smīlacēs

Descendants

• Italian: smilace
• Translingual: Smilax

References

• “smilax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “smilax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers