spadix
English
Etymology
Via Latin spādīx from Ancient Greek σπᾱ́δῑξ (spā́dīx, “palm branch”).
Pronunciation
Noun
spadix (plural spadixes or spadices)
- (botany) A fleshy spike (inflorescence) with reduced flowers, usually enclosed by a spathe, characteristic of aroids.
- (zoology) A male sexual organ of certain cephalopods and hydrozoans (especially the nautilus), used to transfer sperm.
- 2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 57:
- However, the shells of modern nautiluses show the opposite pattern—males are somewhat larger than females, with a wider aperture to accommodate the spadix.
Derived terms
Translations
fleshy spike
See also
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σπᾱ́δῑξ (spā́dīx).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈspaː.diːks/, [ˈs̠päːd̪iːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈspa.diks/, [ˈspäːd̪iks]
Adjective
spādīx (genitive spādīcis); third-declension one-termination adjective
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | spādīx | spādīcēs | spādīcia | ||
Genitive | spādīcis | spādīcium | |||
Dative | spādīcī | spādīcibus | |||
Accusative | spādīcem | spādīx | spādīcēs | spādīcia | |
Ablative | spādīcī | spādīcibus | |||
Vocative | spādīx | spādīcēs | spādīcia |
References
- “spadix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “spadix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- spadix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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