English

Noun

folium ‎(plural foliums or folia)

1. A leaf, especially a thin leaf or plate.
2. (geometry) A curve of the third order, consisting of two infinite branches having a common asymptote. The curve has a double point, and a leaf-shaped loop.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yom ‎(“leaf”), from *bʰleh₃- ‎(“blossom, flower”). Alternatively from *dʰolyom (*dʰol- "be green"), cf. the Welsh dail and Old Irish duille.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.li.um/, [ˈfɔ.li.ũ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.li.um/, [ˈfɔː.li.um], [ˈfoː.li.um]

Noun

folium n ‎(genitive foliī); second declension

1. a leaf
2. a petal
3. a sheet or leaf of paper
4. (figuratively) trifle, thing of no consequence

Declension

Second declension.

Derived terms

Related terms

• foliātilis
• foliātūra

Descendants

References

• fŏlĭum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• folium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• FOLIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “fŏlĭum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 678/1.
• “folium” on page 719/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• “folium” on page 439/2 of Jan Frederik Niermeyer’s Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (1976)