Translingual

Ilex paraguariensis

Proper noun

Ilex f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Aquifoliaceae – the hollies.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II - clades; Aquifoliales - order; Aquifoliaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Ilex subg. Byronia, Ilex subg. Ilex, Ilex subg. Prinos - subgenera
  • For the many species see Ilex on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

See also

• Quercus ilex - the holm oak

External links

• Ilex on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ilex on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ilex on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Ilex on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Ilex at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Ilex at Encyclopedia of Life
• Ilex at USDA Plants database
• Ilex at The Plant List
• Ilex at World Register of Marine Species

English

Noun

ilex ‎(plural ilexes or ilices)

1. holm oak (Quercus ilex)
   • 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, volume 3, chapter 10

     Many nights,though autumnal mists were spread around, I pssed under an ilex - many times I have supped on arbutus berries and chestnuts, making a fire, gypsylike, on the ground [...]

2. Any of the numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Ilex

See also

• ilex on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• ilex on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Latin

the holly-like foliage of ilex
(Quercus ilex)

Etymology

Probably from a lost non-Indo-European language.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.leks/, [ˈɪ.ɫɛks]

Noun

īlex f ‎(genitive īlicis); third declension

1. holm oak (Quercus ilex)

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• īlignum

Descendants

• Translingual: Ilex
• Albanian: ilqe
• English: Ilex
• Esperanto: ilekso
• Ido: ilexo
• Italian: elce
• Spanish: encina

References

• ilex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ilex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ilex”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.