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Felix
Felix
English
Proper noun
Felix
- A male given name.
- 1611, Bible (KJV), Acts 24:24:
- And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.
- 2005 Marc Cerasini, etc, Operation **** Gate, HarperEntertainment, ISBN 0060842245, page 134:
- Had a funny first name, like Oscar or maybe - no! I remember now. It was Felix. Felix Tanner.
- 1611, Bible (KJV), Acts 24:24:
- A generic name given to a cat.
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Translations
male given name
Icelandic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Felix m
- A male given name
Declension
declension of Felix
| m-s1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | Felix | Felixinn | Felixar | Felixarnir |
| accusative | Felix | Felixinn | Felixa | Felixana |
| dative | Felix | Felixnum | Felixum | Felixunum |
| genitive | Felix | Felixins | Felixa | Felixanna |
Latin
Etymology
From fēlīx (“lucky, happy”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfeː.liːks/
Proper noun
Fēlīx
- A Roman cognomen, later the name of early Christian saints.
References
- Felix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Felix”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
felix
felix
Latin
Adjective
fēlīx m, f, n (genitive fēlīcis); third declension
- happy, lucky, blessed, fortunate
- fertile, fruitful
- auspicious, favorable, of good omen or luck
- (religion, archaic) of the noble fruits offered to the deities
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | fēlīx | fēlīcēs | fēlīcia | ||
| genitive | fēlīcis | fēlīcium | |||
| dative | fēlīcī | fēlīcibus | |||
| accusative | fēlīcem | fēlīx | fēlīcēs | fēlīcia | |
| ablative | fēlīcī | fēlīcibus | |||
| vocative | fēlīx | fēlīcēs | fēlīcia | ||
- comparative: fēlīcior, superlative: fēlīcissimus
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References
- ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill
References
- felix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- felix in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- FELIX in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “felix”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to turn out (well); to result (satisfactorily): eventum, exitum (felicem) habere
- may heaven's blessing rest on it: quod bonum, faustum, felix, fortunatumque sit! (Div. 1. 45. 102)
- to turn out (well); to result (satisfactorily): eventum, exitum (felicem) habere
- felix in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- felix in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray